Tuesday, June 30, 2015

This Has Been All Over Facebook.

Did you see this?
John Oliver blasts some of the most harmful myths about transgender people
Vox
By German Lopez
June 29, 2015

Last Week Tonight's John Oliver on Sunday walked through some of the basic misconceptions about transgender issues — and explained why it's so important to get these right.

Oliver pointed out that people still get many basic facts wrong about trans people — who identify as a gender different than the one assigned to them at birth — from what they should be called to how gender identity is related to sexual orientation. But getting these issues right is crucial: If people don't have the basics down, it's going to be impossible to tackle the bigger problems, including the enormous economic disparities and staggering suicide rates among trans communities.
Here is the video from the show that everyone is talking about…



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