Y.U. wrestles with transgender prof http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/yu-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. en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-09-08T;20:32:56-05:00 Comment by account@crossdresserheaven.com I may be a bit biased, but I think it’s an important step to judging someone by the content of their character, not which surgeries they may or may not have had. I agree with Dr. Jillian’s comment that judging it as a matter of civil rights is a good decision. I may be a bit biased, but I think it’s an important step to judging someone by the content of their character, not which surgeries they may or may not have had. I agree with Dr. Jillian’s comment that judging it as a matter of civil rights is a good decision.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by survivor2005@comcast.net I echo the sentiments of Mara Keisling! This is great news and it is high time this was universally accepted in the culture. I echo the sentiments of Mara Keisling! This is great news and it is high time this was universally accepted in the culture.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by jweiss@ramapo.edu 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. 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.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by trans_jews@yahoo.com “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.” “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.”

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