I always view the Beeb as a fairly sedate new source, but have noticed that of late that there is a certain 'tabloid' quality to some of the articles. Case in point, this story on a separate toilet for transsexual pupils at a school in Thailand. In fact, I first read about it on digg about a fortnight ago which simply confirms the slightly populist nature of the reporting. That said, the BBC goes in depth by actually visiting the school and doing a video of the transsexual students using the loo (okay, washing their hands, but it is still an invasion of someone's privacy).
What really intrigues me is that there are enough students in this school (10-20% of the school year!) who are transsexual for the school to justify setting up a separate toilet for them. Now, being gay and being transsexual are very different things, but I say power to them!
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