This actually happened. He not only lost his partner (the story) but lost all of his business as well and had to move out. All because of a newspaper story.
Because nobody much knew before hand. I did not even guess. Many (lots of) stranger people around.
2006-09-27 17:46:11 · 23 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
POWER WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY !!!. This is an example of what can occur in many situations. The event may not be serious but the reactions may drive a person to suicide. It makes me shudder.
Rose P.
2006-09-27 20:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by rose p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take them to court- if a story like that was printed without his consent and he has literally lost everything then he has every right and I should imagine very good grounds on which he would be successful. If his partner was also involved in this persecution then sue them both. It could be seen differently if it was something serious, something that could effect other people or a threat to society, but seriously- having a sex change? It's hardly the end of the world.
It just shows how many of these "journalists" (not all) have so little thought as to what makes an interesting story. Do they really have such little imagination? Have such low values that they would stop at nothing? To stoop to just about any level to get a so called "good read"? Unfortunately, the answer is yes.
I would like to see the person who wrote that ridiculous article and all those involved gets the pants sued off them for a start- Lets just hope that their families, (or friends, should they have any) never do anything to make a "good read" :o)
2006-09-28 04:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by allix w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, it's a bit off. If people make a convincing change, then they are from that moment on the new sex. Telling everyone he used to be a girl is cruel and unnecessary. He should probably tell his partner, particularly if she is female and wants to know why they can't make babies, but appart from that it is no-one's business.
It's odd that he lost his business. That people can be so prejudice to not buy from him just because he's had a sex change. Now he will always be in fear that he will be outed again. I don't understand why it is such a big deal to people.
Did his partner know already? Didn't she think it was odd that he had no photos of himself as a kid. Was he still in touch with his parents? Because they would have photos too. I find it strange that he could keep such a big thing from his partner. It's like denying his pre-change life entirely. He wouldn't be able to talk about any difficulties he had with his parents either, if she didn't know.
2006-09-28 05:09:53 · answer #3 · answered by helen g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if i asked you how many times you wanked this week would you be offened if i printed it in the paper
As a pre op transsexual; my self i have moved to a new town where everyone i know here knows me a Zara-lee and only a very few people like my mum knows my male name
i don't care if people know i am trans as long as they leave my past alone
I made the desion to relocate when i was outed
it is hard enough walking down the street in clothes that make you stand out
and trying to just fit in looking for work and the hormones that make everything so much more harder
being outed by the local paper would mean i would sue the pants off them everything i am now is becouse i stopped living a beautiful home and city to live here in a dump that smells like cow crap
i am hiding something in my life and that is my past
I grow up knowing there was something wrong with me and now i am getting over the dpression that was my childhod
if someone brought it up and went into details here in this town
I would just move to a new town and start all over again $$that i don't have
2006-09-28 01:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Zara3 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He should sue the paper and there s very very good chances he ll win.
It should be quite easy to prove that all of a sudden- just after that article- he lost clients etc. There s been loads of cases like that and as far as I know, they ve all been lost by the papers so I d say that his chances to get a compensation are quite good.
Further more, there s the laws protecting his privacy....so the paper will face quite a long bill of indictment and could get into trouble with the Press Complaints Commission and Ofcom.
2006-09-28 04:06:02 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be disgusted with the newspaper. It is nobody elses buisness but the person concerned. Did they do this with the persons permission though? That would be a different matter
2006-09-28 06:13:15 · answer #6 · answered by Fraser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd encourage her/him to sue the paper for violating his/her privacy!
It's nobody's business if he/she had a sex change. It's his/her body!
He/She has escentially been publicly raped by the newpaper. Unless this person was being charged with some crime associated with his/her gender, the newspaper had no right to violate this persons privacy in such a way.
2006-09-28 02:24:18 · answer #7 · answered by DEATH 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Newspapers print stuff to make sensational stories and money. It is wrong! Hope he is taking them for every penny he can get from them! Pity his life is ruined in the meantime
2006-09-28 02:59:24 · answer #8 · answered by ticklemonster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That sounds horrific. Life can be hard enough for those of us who are not 'traditionally gendered' without the press assisting in stiring transphobia within a transgendered persons community.
2006-09-28 07:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by tysonian22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sue the newspaper if the story is not true and ask for damage compensation.
Ask a lawyer on how to go about this.
2006-09-28 00:53:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋