I think Channel 5 have been manipulative in bringing India in. I have been following the argument over on MN, interested to hear what a younger demographic have to say on the matter, because in many ways the blurred lines we have around gender issues affects them more, being the ones who will have to carry forward the issues surrounding gender reassignment and how it may affect not only their lives, but their female offspring. The consensus there is emphatic. India is NOT a woman, but a transwoman and a very bad ambassador for that group of people. Occasionally a poster will pop up, possibly from the trans community who will state that India is most certainly a woman ending their post with the usual "end of" assertion, which is red rag to a bull because that phrase alone will guarantee the post will be shot down in flames. India is a parody of a woman in the same way as drag queens are, possibly as Courtney is when he is in female mode. He doesn't suffer any of the angst or conflict that seemingly India does and appears to be comfortable with his male and female persona without the "in your face agression" that India displays. India's vociferous assertions of "I am a woman" only serve to draw up the battle lines further and paradoxically reinforce a male stereotype the very thing he/she doesn't want.
