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Australia flags denying U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning entry visa
Australia has signaled it is preparing to ban U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning from entering the country ahead of a scheduled speaking tour, the organizer of the engagements said. Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is scheduled to speak at the Sydney Opera House at the weekend.
However, Suzi Jamil, owner of the company organizing Manning's speaking tour in Australia, said late on Wednesday Manning had received a notice from the Australian government informing her Canberra was considering cancelling her visa. [...] Australian law allows the immigration minister to deny anyone a visa if they do not pass a character test, a broad criteria that affords the government sweeping powers.
Manning is scheduled to travel to New Zealand after finishing her three events in Australia but the center-right opposition National Party has also called for her to be denied entry.
Also at NYT.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @02:26AM (5 children)
What difference does it make as to what hardware or software sexual preferences an individual has anyway?
All that matters to me is how "it" treats me and other living creatures.
If "it" is a kind, gentle, loving, and contributing individual to society, I welcome "it".
If "it" is a destructive scoundrel spewing hate, I want to distance myself from it.
This is my basic paradigm for dealing with "it".
So far, in my experience, I have found little correlation between sexuality and simply being EVIL. Some of the most hate I have heard has been spewed out of the mouth of people that many see as "respectable", although after a tirade of that, I see them as a piece of ignorant human shit that has no idea what its like to be "not him", and it takes a lot of willpower on my part not to take his microphone and ram it up his a**.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @02:54AM (4 children)
Trannies have a 40% suicide rate. Surgery doesn't really change this.
Lots of these people are miserable. Their families are miserable. Why would you not want to find a way to prevent so much misery?
Both the "celebrate it" and the "sinners against God" views are unhelpful. In either case, there is a refusal to accept that these are damaged people who are mostly miserable, and there is a refusal to fund the research needed to prevent the problems.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Kell on Friday August 31 2018, @04:36AM (2 children)
How many trans people do you personally know?
I've had to pleasure to know a fair few (I'm a member of my university's diversity network), and I wouldn't classify any who I work with professionally as miserable. Quite the opposite - I've known two people both before and after transitioning (one I went to school with, and the other is a friend) and both and went from being fairly grumpy people to very happy. I very much doubt the 40% figure that gets bandied around* - I have met precisely one trans girl who tried to kill herself, but that was because she couldn't get treatment. Once she did, surprise surprise, she didn't want to die anymore.
From all I have seen, and what I have learned from talking to others who are more involved in this field, the treatments for transgender and gender diverse people work. But don't take my word for it - there is a whole research field of developmental medicine, psychology and gender science (science, not studies - the two are not the same!) exploring gender diverse disorders. Nobody is getting rich selling estrogen to transwomen or testosterone to trans men; doctors continue to prescribe treatments because they work.
*And yes, I am keen to see studies that explore the longitudinal suicide behaviour of trans people pre and post-treatment.
Scientists ask questions. Engineers solve problems.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @07:47PM (1 child)
My workplace seems to love hiring trannies. I think they fill some sort of diversity quota.
They are not happy people.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 01 2018, @12:08PM
Perhaps they are unhappy because they have to work with people who keep calling them "trannies"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @01:32PM
I don't know if you're a Muslim or a feminist, but you can cram your concern trolling right up your ass.