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	<title>Comments on: Partners and sexual orientation</title>
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		<title>By: Tara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good article; I enjoyed the read. However I find the use of &#039;gender&#039; as a term problematic in this article. The mainstream discourse on gender either pegs it as being socially constructed, or something innate that we&#039;re born with. So when you write &#039;change in their gender&#039;, how does it qualify with the identity of a trans person explaining that their sex is &#039;x&#039;, but gender is &#039;y&#039;. Once they begin to transition, would they be in your view changing genders, or just their gender presentation to match their innate sense of gender? We&#039;re playing with the term a lot here, so I&#039;d appreciate a clarification or a more precise use of gender~ Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="comment-toolbar" style="text-align: right"><input type="button" value="Reply" onclick="CF_Reply('54','Tara');" /><input type="button" value="Quote" onclick="CF_Quote('54','Tara');" /></div><span id="co_54"><p>Good article; I enjoyed the read. However I find the use of &#8216;gender&#8217; as a term problematic in this article. The mainstream discourse on gender either pegs it as being socially constructed, or something innate that we&#8217;re born with. So when you write &#8216;change in their gender&#8217;, how does it qualify with the identity of a trans person explaining that their sex is &#8216;x&#8217;, but gender is &#8216;y&#8217;. Once they begin to transition, would they be in your view changing genders, or just their gender presentation to match their innate sense of gender? We&#8217;re playing with the term a lot here, so I&#8217;d appreciate a clarification or a more precise use of gender~ Thanks!</p>
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