Thursday, May 7, 2009

Every now and then

I am reminded that Albertans are not as conservative or red-necked as our politicans - or our own self image - makes us out to be.

Donors fund sex operation
The Calgary Sun
Thu 07 May 2009
Page: 7
Section: News
Byline: BY BILL KAUFMANN, SUN MEDIA

The corporate community has stepped up to finance sex-change surgery for a small-town, transgendered southern Albertan denied provincial funding for the procedure.

Some of it has come from Heather Edwards' hometown of Nanton -- better known for its cowboys and arch-conservative views.

But Edwards, who was once known as Barry, said she feels far more comfortable in the town of 2,000 than she would have in the Alberta legislature, where she said "MLAs laughed at us when they cut the funding."

1 comments:

Cao Nguyen Hoang said...

They really have no interest in changing their
position – A Republican member of the House of Representatives in 2000
(Oldmixon 2005, 46).
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