The following article by Liesl Theron was published in the May Edition of Source Magazine.

Transgenderism. Transexual. Gender Queer. Male to female, Gender bender, FTM. What does all of this mean? Where does it all come from and why does it emerge now all of a sudden? And why should we care?

Many people ask me, when we meet, “Why all this LGBT involvement? “Most of us are TS – yes, but heterosexual”

My answer is always based on the same theory:

We received the following e-mail with a request for info to do Transgender Research in Germany. Please see if you can help.

Background:

The Legal Department began receiving an increased number of complaints dealing directly and indirectly with issues of sexual orientation.  While as is required by our mandate and the establishing Act to refer complaints outside our jurisdiction to more appropriate bodies, the Legal Department also began receiving referrals from the South African Human Rights Commission that reflected a convergence of gender and sexual orientation issues.