Another first for a…man.
LGBT rights advocate Martine Delaney has become the first Tasmanian transgender woman to be recognised on the Honour Roll of Women — an award given to those who have made an “outstanding contribution” to the state.
That is, the first man to be recognised on the Honour Roll of Women. Much honour, very scruple.
Ms Delaney said it was “humbling” to have been recognised.
Not humbling enough, since he accepted. That’s an award that should have gone to a woman. There’s a woman who missed out because of him.
“It’s not been something that transgender women in Tasmania have been nominated or inducted into previously,” she said.
Naturally not, because they’re men.
One of the campaigns she is best known for is her fight to make the inclusion of gender optional on Tasmanian birth certificates — a “battle” she took on in 2004 and that became legislation in 2019.
And that’s a good thing why exactly?
“Tasmania has possibly the world’s most progressive and inclusive birth certificate legislation. You’re not going to find anything better anywhere else on the planet.”
What’s that even supposed to mean? Birth certificates aren’t clubs or universities or secret societies. How can they be progressive or inclusive? You might as well say they dance well or they make a mean paella.
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Damn. My birth certificate’s never made me a paella. Maybe I should have been born in Tasmania? Instead of California?
I hate when people say “I’m humbled” when they mean “I’m honored” or “I’m proud”. It’s like “I can’t say I’m proud, because then I sound like a braggart, so I should act humble, so I guess I need to say I’m humbled”. I think of “humbled” as humiliated or taken down a peg.
What might have been humbling would have been a public declaration by the organization that they refuse to give an Honour Roll of Women award to this person on account of this person being a man.
What makes that guy a woman, is it the flowing perm? The necklace? The satiny blouse? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
With the right safari hat he could be Crocodile Dungdoo.
(sorry, that’s mean) :(
Huh, I never knew Dee Snider from Twisted Sister lived in Taz.
Yay, a man campaigning for men to be recognised as women, wins an award to recognise great work by women. Mission accomplished I’d say. Except, I’m sure TRA’s will not be happy until trans women win all the awards, lead all the organisations, centre trans over actual women in all things cultural and society and women are once again relegated to the corners. There’s a dystopian novel (or play) in there somewhere.
Do I smell a commission? ;-)
I was trying to put my finger on a particular thing that bugged me about this (apart from the obvious). It’s kind of a narrow focus, and not in a good way. It’s not a problem for Black people to be working for the benefit of the Black community, people with disabilities seeking to provide better care, awareness and accessibility for their communities, etc. There’s nothing wrong with a tight focus in these cases; more power to them. But too often with TIMs, their “work” and “activism” comes at the expense of women. Recognition and “reward” for this kind of activism is the thin edge of the wedge that becomes the bulldozer, the camel’s nose in the tent that opens the way for the whole goddamn herd. It can’t be too soon that we put this madness behind us.
Iknklast, not so much a commission as encouragement, collaboration or an interested reviewer. :-)
I actually thought of you this morning as I was watching a nature documentary about otters. Those creatures have some serious stone juggling skills! No wonder you identify as one.