Y.U. wrestles with transgender prof
I thought I had quite a scoop last week with news that a Y.U. professor was apparently pushed out of his post because of his blog. But leave it to the New York Post to go one better. The Post had quite a shocker today when it reported that Professor Jay Ladin was returning to school for the fall semester as a woman.
Ladin, now known as Joy, was placed on leave when he informed the school of his intention to change his gender. After some wrangling, the university decided to allow her to return.
Rabbis are up in arms, but the transgendered community is apparently celebrating. "I think it's fabulous and wonderful," said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
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As a graduate of YU (YC ‘79) who is both a professor of law and a transgender person, I am glad to see that YU is treating this as a matter of civil rights governed by law, rather than a matter of religious doctrine. The idea of America is that everyone is created equal and is entitled to fair treatment, and that idea can never be erased from the Constitution or the minds of the American people. By the way, I think Rabbi Tendler’s quote was wrong as a matter of Jewish law.
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TransJews
09/08/08 12:12 PM
“But leave it to the New York Post to go one better. The Post had quite a shocker today...”
Right, because the point is to see who can be the most sensational in the news industry, and of course this is “one better” a “shocker”—come on. Stop the over dramatic sensationalizing, and do what journalism does best when it’s at it’s best: “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”