The Grauniad Open Door on use of pronouns for the transgendered in reportage:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/08/pronouns-transgendered-people The comments are a mixed bag, as may be guessed, but this leapt out: "What you fail to acknowledge is that transgenders, by their acts, are aggressive to the larger community around them." To which, WTF?