YE-SHE-VA TG Teacher Resumes Work at Jewish University

[allthecolors]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/09082008/news/regionalnews/ye_she_va_128002.htm

YE-SHE-VA
UNIVERSITY IS RATTLED BY TRANSGENDER PROF

Comments

[sophiaserpentia]

I am beginning to think there should be a law or something banning cisgender people from writing news articles about transpeople, unless they can promise to do it right.

[allthecolors]

yeah, this one was hard to read. Maybe someone needs to send them the journalistic suggestions/rules around writing about trans people.

[natalie_456]

seconded. I feel sorry for the people who get written about by these mindless reporters

[farsideofewan]

As bad as it was at least it wasnt like the ones that put HE in capital letters and put 'she' in bunny ears (they have a special name but ive fogotten it)

[einsideout]

I stopped reading after the part about "her manhood," but good for her.

[twostepsfwd]

NOTE TO SELF: DO NOT READ NEW YORK POST. EVER. ESPECIALLY NOT THE COMMENTS.

[ayearalone]

Yeah, the comments always make me lose a little bit more faith in humanity.

[allthecolors]

that's a good time to go make an account, post trans positive comments, and then ignore people's responses to you. At least then there's a mixture out there for her and others to read.

[allthecolors]

what would be better is if allies posted positive comments on there. But yeah, the last 2 NY Post articles I've read have been difficult to read at best, and the comments are disgusting.

[shelleybear]

The conflict with the university started at the end of 2006, three years after Ladin joined the faculty. Less than two weeks after the university gave the celebrated poetry and literature professor tenure, she told them that she was transgender and in the process of becoming a woman.

I'd be curious of the time line.
Did she know she was TG when she was originally hired?
Did she not mention it?
Yeah, it sucks pure crap that we should have to mention it, but, until it is the law of the land, does springing it on your employer make sense?

Also "flirty"?...
W.T.F.?

[allthecolors]

There are different methods and opinions to how one should best come out, and waiting till you're a tenured professor is a good coping mechanism if your primary concern is staying employed. Whether or not she was planning to transition is something she'd need to say, but I say more power to her for finally getting to be herself.

I'm surprised about the conservative response tho, because the Jewish trans people I know are always trying to convince me there's nothing in their teachings that is anti-trans, and that their synagogues are oh so trans supportive.

[shelleybear]

Hon, I'm Jewish (raised conservative).
The synagogues vary greatly from place to place, but Yeshiva is a whole nother kettle of fish.
They tend to be conservative conservatives.
Ni, I am not surprised this happened.

[gennee]

From what I have read in Hebrew teachings, there is nothing spcific about trans.

[pirate_poet]

Don'tcha know, if she's not flirty she's not a real woman.
:rolls eyes:
Someone needs to send them a LGBT issues stylebook. Seriously.

[allthecolors]

actually I did give them a link to the AP Stylebook. Which has some real specifics about Transgender issues in it.