Talk:Martine Rothblatt

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[edit] Gender?

Is she/he a transexual? Jedpressgrove 00:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Why do you ask? --Loremaster 01:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Seems important? Jedpressgrove 23:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes and No. Should biographical articles always explicitly mention the gender and sexual orientation of the subject? --Loremaster 00:58, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes. This article never refers to her as a he or she. That is pretty misleading. I'm assuming she is a male to female and prefers to be referred to as she. To have a whole article referring to a person as "they" and ignoring the fact that they are transexual seems ridiculous. It's a little different (maybe even less important), but on the pages of all gay celebrities it is mentioned that they are gay. Jedpressgrove 19:21, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The article is not intentionally misleading. It's simply short. The article never refers to Martine Rothblatt as "they". It simply refers to her as "Rothblatt". If you look carefully, Rothblatt is in fact refered to as a "she" in the second sentence of the Communications satellite section of the article. Personally, I think the only reason why Rothblatt's transgender should be mentioned in this article is because she wrote a book on the subject of transgenderism, in which she critical of society's need to label people's gender and sexual orientation. --Loremaster 22:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Jedpressgrove, I see that you've gone ahead and mentioned her transgendered status in the article. I have no problem with this. --Loremaster 20:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


I didn't understand why there was a section about Howard Stern. The fact that Martine was mentioned on Howard Stern could maybe be construed to be relevant, but editorial comments about Howard Stern's behavior don't belong in an article about Martine Rothblatt.198.118.127.182 18:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I removed it for the following reasons: 1) No citations. 2) Tenuous relevance to the biography 3) Use of perjorative language referring to Martine's transgender status as "gender confusion." --Gentle gamer 21:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

--This person should be listed as a polymath for her achievements in many fields. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.73.8.235 (talk) 07:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC)