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Date:  Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:46:30 +1100 [11/02/2010 09:46:30 AM EST] 
From:  Kate Orman <korman@spamcop.net> 
To:  readerlink@smh.com.au 
Cc:  complaints@presscouncil.org.au 
Subject:  Transvestite pushed under train: woman undergoing sex change appears in court 

"Transvestite pushed under train: woman undergoing sex change appears in court"

http://www.smh.com.au/world/transvestite-pushed-under-train-woman
-undergoing-sex-change-appears-in-court-20101102-17apx.html

The article gives almost no details about the victim and the accused other
 than their gender identities, and suggests no link between their gender
 identities and the alleged crime. In short, if these women were not
 transgendered, you would not have published this story. This breaches the
 Australian Press Council's Statement of Principles. Please adhere to
 those principles by not gratuitously emphasising the gender of
 individuals.

Date:  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:28:19 +1100 [09:28:19 AM EST] 
From:  Reader Link <readerlink@smh.com.au>  
To:  "'korman@spamcop.net'" <korman@spamcop.net> 
Subject:  Herald Publications: Your contact with ReaderLink. 

Dear Kate,

Recently you contacted ReaderLink. The following outlines The Herald's response:

Thank you for your email.  Fairfax Media values reader feedback. The
 Sydney Morning Herald sources information from a number of foreign
 correspondents and local reporters as well as several internationally
 renowned publications, including The New York Times,The Guardian, and The
 Daily Telegraph, London and wire services including Reuters, Associated
 Press and Agence France-Presse. The story 'Transvestite pushed under
 train: woman undergoing sex change appears in court' was provided by the
 major English news service PA, the question of sexual reassignment was
 raised the trial judge  Judge Timothy Pontius and was pertinent to how
 the defendant wished to be addressed. Your concerns were forwarded to our
 online editors.