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Britain's First Sex-Change Mayor Sworn In
Sky News ^
 | May 24, 2007
Posted on 05/24/2007 1:48:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Britain's first sex-change mayor is to be sworn in at a special ceremony today. 
Jenny Bailey, 45, who was born a man, will be made civic leader of Cambridge City Council. 
The mayoress is expected to be her partner, former councillor Jennifer Liddle, 49, who also underwent a sex swap. 
The pair met while undergoing hormone replacement therapy. 
Ms Bailey, who has two children aged 20 and 18, and was once married, had a sex change operation when she was in her 30s. 
A spokesman for the Local Government Association confirmed she would be the first transgender mayor in the UK. 
But a spokesman for Cambridge City Council said the couple would not be disclosing their previous identities. 
Liberal Democrat Ms Bailey said: "I entered local politics because I believe in public service and because I wanted to make a contribution to the wonderful city we live in. 
"I am honoured that my fellow councillors have now chosen me to be mayor." 
Rob Hammond, chief executive of Cambridge City Council, added: "I am aware that there will be interest in Ms Bailey's male to female gender reassignment. 
"It is the council's firm view that someone's gender and sexual orientation has no bearing on their suitability to hold public office. 
"When Ms Bailey is confirmed in post it will be business as usual for the council."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: adamandsteve; britain; cambridge; england; english; genderreassignment; greatbritain; homosexualagenda; homosexuals; lesbians; medicine; mentalillness; ouch; perversion; sexchange; sliceanddice; socializedmedicine; transgender
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    You can't make this stuff up!!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    It shouldn’t be a surprise that some of them pushed so hard for the Giuliani nomination on FR that they were booted. ;-)
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 1:52:55 AM PDT
by 
familyop
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    Lesbian transgenderists Mayor and Mayoress of Cambridge ? Only in the UK ( for now anyway ) ! LOL !
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 1:59:06 AM PDT
by 
sushiman
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet; sushiman; Clintonfatigued; JohnnyZ; Clemenza; AuH2ORepublican; MassachusettsGOP; ...
    Ain’t much better on our shores. The Mayor of Cambridge, MA is a gay Black Marxist.
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 2:05:03 AM PDT
by 
fieldmarshaldj
(Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    The mayoress is expected to be her partner, former councillor Jennifer Liddle, 49, who also underwent a sex swap.So we have two men, who both got chopped and channeled and lowered and louvered, who are now lesbians?
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 2:07:20 AM PDT
by 
ikka
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ..
    Lesbian-trapped-in-a-man’s-body ping!
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 2:08:01 AM PDT
by 
Slings and Arrows
("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
 
To: ikka
    Bingo! I wonder sometimes if Rosie O’Donnell is a former man. It would explain a lot.
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 2:08:56 AM PDT
by 
2ndDivisionVet
(Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
 
To: ikka
    So we have two men, who both got chopped and channeled and lowered and louvered, who are now lesbians?"I don't care who you are, that there's funny!"
"Git Her Done!"
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 2:16:48 AM PDT
by 
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    
 I think this is he/she...
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 2:18:42 AM PDT
by 
Silly
(http://www.terrorbonds.com)
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    Sex changes are mutilation, pure and simple. We ought to outlaw it here so the only recourse is to get someone considering something like this intensive therapy that they need.
 
To: Silly
    Jeeeeezus! I almost went blind!
 
To: Slings and Arrows; 2ndDivisionVet
    
"Of all the days to announce his sex change, he has to choose today!"
 (Daily Mail cartoon Thursday May 2nd, 1996)
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 3:11:28 AM PDT
by 
Daffynition
(If all the cars in the USA were placed end to end, it would probably be Memorial Day Weekend.)
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    This is progress in the new western world????!!!!
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 3:12:13 AM PDT
by 
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.  God, guts and guns made America great.)
 
To: ZULU
    Im thinking the exact same thing.
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 3:17:58 AM PDT
by 
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
 
To: 2ndDivisionVet
    Gender should be defined by DNA not by the removal / addition of appendages, or receptacles. The the “boys” will have to use the girls room and vise versa
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 3:33:12 AM PDT
by 
tiger-one
(The night has a thousand eyes)
 
To: expatguy
    Doesn’t happen in Iraq or Iran ...
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 3:34:00 AM PDT
by 
sushiman
 
To: Silly
    Ugly man = uglier woman .
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 3:34:35 AM PDT
by 
sushiman
 
To: rainbow sprinkles
    Where’s Monty Python when you need them?
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 4:25:55 AM PDT
by 
Slings and Arrows
("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
 
To: Slings and Arrows
    HAHAHA! Great minds ... I was searching all over for a Python and couldn't find a thing! LOL
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 4:55:04 AM PDT
by 
Daffynition
(If all the cars in the USA were placed end to end, it would probably be Memorial Day Weekend.)
 
To: Silly
    WHAT A PROBOSCUS! It cracked my monitor!
 
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posted on 
05/24/2007 5:00:32 AM PDT
by 
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
 
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