Comments on: On being transgender in Africa http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html black looks Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:23:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: amy faye http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html#comment-5518 amy faye Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:00:24 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html#comment-5518 yes am a african but we need help really ....help women in african yes am a african but we need help really ….help women in african

]]> By: Kym Platt http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html#comment-5077 Kym Platt Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:14:35 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html#comment-5077 Below is a link to fascinating article in the NYTimes about gender non-conformity in children and how both doctors and parents(!) are playing a much more nurturing and supportive role with the gender choices of children. It's pretty exciting stuff expecially since I was one of those little girls who only wanted to wear boys clothing...still do! I hope that transgender folks in Africa can somehow link up with folks in countries like the US, so we can create a more united and thus powerful movement. One day I hope the world won't exist in such rigid gender binaries...and all binaries in general. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/02/us/02child.html?em&ex=1165294800&en=8d2872bd13362a7c&ei=5087%0A">Supporting boys and girls when the line isnt clear</a> --kp Below is a link to fascinating article in the NYTimes about gender non-conformity in children and how both doctors and parents(!) are playing a much more nurturing and supportive role with the gender choices of children. It’s pretty exciting stuff expecially since I was one of those little girls who only wanted to wear boys clothing…still do!
I hope that transgender folks in Africa can somehow link up with folks in countries like the US, so we can create a more united and thus powerful movement.
One day I hope the world won’t exist in such rigid gender binaries…and all binaries in general.

Supporting boys and girls when the line isnt clear
–kp

]]> By: Jenny O'Malley http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html#comment-5065 Jenny O'Malley Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:53:36 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/11/on_being_transgender_in_africa.html#comment-5065 Yes,Africa is a problam.I lived there for years {central Africa}i now live in Brighton UK IN A PREDOMENTLY GAY COMMUNITY.I would dearly love to return to Africa but as a transexual i know my days would be numbered.So sad i've got so much to offer. Jenny x Yes,Africa is a problam.I lived there for years {central Africa}i now live in Brighton UK IN A PREDOMENTLY GAY COMMUNITY.I would dearly love to return to Africa but as a transexual i know my days would be numbered.So sad i’ve got so much to offer. Jenny x

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