Some trans folk fear that they are becoming subjected to travel restrictions under the security state. However, other views are that people need to be sure that their appearance matches their photo and details on the passport. My guess is, that to be fair, the government is checking on anybody who appears like they could be a man dressed as a woman - rather targeting only people presenting as women who might be men with an Asian background. If so, then this would be a clear response that would expected in a culture that respects diversity; to be fair, people who appear to be women dressed as men should be checked as well - from whatever cultural/ethnic /religious background.

Mish

shock - bombers just happened to be Muslim

The new New Labour spin is that the latest round of bombings are not Islamic terrorist bombers, but criminals (that they happen to be Muslim is no longer mentioned). That might lead one to wonder how it is that the NHS can be recruiting criminals as trainee doctors - and whether all the foreign criminals they recruit happen to Muslim terrorists, or do they implement a strict diversity policy when it comes to recruiting foreign criminals? Will the Government be recruiting Christian war criminals from Serbia, a few Tamil Tigers and some white supremacists from the USA to balance out the criminal mix in our public services? I don't seem to recall that there was this sense of denial about the IRA - they were clearly regarded as Irish (believe it or not!), and they were seen as terrorists and ciminals, and I don't think that many were invited to come and work as doctors.

Am I missing something, or doesn't blowing up people contradict the Hippocratic Oath? How do I know I am going to be treated properly by someone to whose fundamentalist religion my existence is an offense?