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I apologize for saying transgender is “a type of birth defect,” not because I didn’t mean it the right way, but because I should have known how easily it could be misinterpreted. It’s actually something I heard a transgender person say, and I may have quoted it badly. What I intended to say is that a person like Frank, who wants to transition into being male, feels his body is in error, not his inner self. It’s the fact that he was born female that’s the “defect,” not the person.
Um. What “right way” is there to say “transgender is a type of birth defect”?
You can read the rest of Hyde’s bullshit response to Leslie Feinberg here: http://www.catherineryanhyde.com/blog/2011/1/14/in-response-to-a-recent-issue.html
