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Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:00:17 +0000

San Diego CityBeat spotted this unique and somewhat confusing correction to a press release from the San Diego Democratic Club:

Our recent [today] press release mistakenly quoted Eric Banks of SEIU Local 221 as saying “while Lorena may consider herself a woman in the body of a gay man, I am the only openly gay union President here.”
It should have read, “while Lorena may consider herself a gay man in a woman’s body, I am the only openly gay union President here.”
The error was ours, not that of Eric Banks.

David Warmoth
San Diego Democratic Club

Read the CityBeat post for more background.

Thanks, Dave!

Bill Keller’s first column for the NY Times Magazine earns a correction*

Craig Silverman — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:00:38 +0000

An essay on Page 11 this weekend, about how the media reports on itself, refers incorrectly to a reporter who live-blogged a radio show on which the writer, Bill Keller, appeared. The reporter, Zeke Turner, is a man. Link

*Correction March 14, 2011: This headline originally and incorrectly referred to the "NT Times Magazine" instead of the NY Times Magazine.

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:10 +0000

A report in The Caucus column on Friday about polling in the midterm elections referred incorrectly to the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida. The candidate, Alex Sink, is a woman. Link

Welcome to the world, kiddo

Craig Silverman — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:00:45 +0000

A cutline in Saturday’s Spectator incorrectly identified Jes-Lynn Chaplin’s new baby as a boy. Baby Harlow, Hamilton’s first baby of the new year, is a girl. The Spectator apologizes for the error. Link

The harassment continues…

Craig Silverman — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:00:02 +0000

We said, “[I]n Paris, two Muslim girls were harassed by a Jewish gang.” In fact, the two Muslim students were boys. Link

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:00:54 +0000

From a column by Laura Vozzella in the Baltimore Sun:

From the misplaced obsessive attention to detail file: In writing about Fred Bealefeld‘s missing dog Wednesday, I double-checked Scooby‘s gender (male) but somehow assumed the police chief’s two “kids” were boys. The commish has one boy and one girl. The Baltimore Sun, and this columnist in particular, regret the error.

Thanks, Bill!

Welcome to our cruel world, kid

Craig Silverman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:00:26 +0000

Correction: Because of a reporting error, the gender of Michael and Orla Murphy-LaScola’s baby was misidentified in yesterday’s Names column. Roan Tamas LaScola is a girl. Link

UPDATED: In pursuit of excellence

Craig Silverman — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:00:34 +0000

Vice-regal vicissitude: Last June we showed a lack of excellence by changing Australia’s first female Governor-General Quentin Bryceinto a man, calling her Mr Bryce. Now we’ve also managed to change the sex of Canada’s Governor-General, Michaelle Jean. Her Excellency Mme Jean is a she, not a he as we published in late editions of the paper (Canada crisis adds fear to Labor hopes, Opinion, page 21, February 4). The error was made during the editing process.

Update: A correction from Feb. 13:

Canada continued: On February 6 we admitted changing, accidentally, the sex of Canada’s female Governor-General Michaelle Jean. It appears we didn’t go quite far enough to right our wrongs. We also said in the report (Canada crisis adds fear to Labor hopes, Opinion, page 21, February 4) that Mme Jean was appointed by the Conservatives when, in fact, her appointment was recommended by former Liberals prime minister Paul Martin. We also said Stephen Dion was Canada’s opposition leader, but he was replaced in December by Michael Ignatieff.

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:26 +0000

Because of an editing error, an article on Monday about the failure of Franceâ€™s opposition Socialists to pick a new leader at their party congress over the weekend referred incorrectly to one of the three candidates, who is best known as the architect of the 35-hour workweek. The candidate, Martine Aubry, is a woman. Link

The Istanbul Journal article on Thursday, about the mixed reaction in Turkey to an unflattering documentary film about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, referred incorrectly to a viewer who criticized the film in a posting on the filmâ€™s Web site. The viewer, who signed the posting as Tulay, is a woman. Link

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:00:58 +0000

Mayor nightmare: An assumption by a reporter changed the gender of the Mayor of Gosnells (Suburban graffiti costs millions, page 19, October 13). As there is no doubt Olwen Searle believes graffiti vandals should be jailed, so there is no doubt she is a woman.

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:26 +0000

An article on Friday about calls for an overhaul of the global financial system by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France referred incorrectly to the head of the French business lobby Medef. Laurence Parisot is a woman. Link

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:10 +0000

A chart last Monday with an article about the Senate race in New Hampshire referred incorrectly, in some editions, to the incumbent Republican who Democrats hope can be defeated by Jeanne Shaheen. As an accompanying picture showed, the New Hampshire senator, John E. Sununu, is a man. Link

Thanks, Jeff!

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:40 +0000

Our apologies to Yianna Lambrou of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization for referring to her as “he”. Link

Not a reverend, not a man

Craig Silverman — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:25 +0000

A story on Page 24 of Saturday’s Main News section misidentified Frances Iglehart as a reverend and as a man. Also, the church is no longer used by the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation or Korean or Latino congregations. Link

Gender issues

Craig Silverman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:00:56 +0000

The president of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers, is a man. A graphic on Page A2 Tuesday incorrectly identified him as female. Link