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Litigation

Original version says that the lawsuit was "taken to New York Supreme Court." The Supreme Court, in New York, is the lowest court of general jurisdiction, not the appellate division. "Taken" is therefore changed to file. The complaint demanded $100,000, and the original assertion that the case was settled for $250,000 was unsourced, so it has been removed.128.103.14.29 18:56, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting.

who has received attention for her modeling, fashion, partying, and business skills.

"partying" is a skill?

The child of a chemical engineer father (Italian-American) and a schizophrenic mother (German-American)

"schizophrenic" is an occupation? Also; why is the ethnic background of her parents relevant? Has this information been sourced? -- weirdoactor t|c 20:24, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, skills only applies to the final item, business skills. Also, just because her father's occupation is mentioned does not mean whatever is mentioned of her mother is intended to be read as an occupation. Charles 21:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So, you think this is a well-written article in no need of any improvement? -- weirdoactor t|c 04:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, but it is known that partying really isn't a skill. Charles 17:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course partying is a skill. Some people don't know how to do it at all! Sion (talk) 20:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And that some do it professionaly shows that it is a skill... Proxy User (talk) 16:52, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

==I think the point Weirdactor was trying to make w/respect to the mention of the mother was: why are any of her health conditions relevant? It would seem there is a bias against mental illness. It is not necessarily relevant in her daughter's case. Please provide the genetic and historical evidence, if you believe it is. I'm not speaking about statistics, I mean a definitive link to her daughter's behavior. Would you have said 'daughter of ...an arthritic mother? This discrimination against people with brain disorders has got. to. stop.

Noting that one or both parents of a person has a mental illness or disability is not necessarily meant to be discrimination. Genetically and environmentally, those factors may have significantly influenced the person in question. It's just more information for the reader to consider, which they may take or leave. In this article it probably should have been written more gracefully. The ethnic background of the parents is a common inclusion in many biographies that is just more information that may carry significance to the biography of the person. I think that, in general, the more factual information, the better. It gives the reader more information from which to shape a better overall picture, and creates informational bridges that, while they may not initially seem relevant and interesting, may connect to a new fact in the future. Moochoux (talk) 21:28, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well said, Moochoux. The detail about her mother is absolutely relevant. If she was in & out of mental hospitals, that would explain her absence from Amanda's life, which undoubtedly would've had an impact on Amanda. Our parents shape who we are. 144.178.0.204 (talk) 01:44, 21 November 2019 (UTC) Darwin[reply]

Gender Identification

This article suffers from political correctness blocking factual and relevant information.

Yeah this person is a HE, maybe even an IT, but definitely NOT a she !! Wikipedia is getting ridiculous with it's PC bullshit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malau (talk • contribs) 11:59, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]


When a transsexual person identifies as female, it is proper to use female pronouns when describing that person. I just undid a pretty poor search-and-replace of female pronouns. Besides that, "her" does not always correlate to the male equivalent "him", so at least try and read your offensive edits before committing them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pickeju (talk • contribs) 17:32, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lepore now psychologically identifies as female and has had gender reassignment surgery to physically become female. Any references to that person in the present tense, and in the past tense since identification as female at age 11, should be as a female. References to that person in the past before gender reassignment surgery and before identification as female (that is, before age 11) should be male, unless that person prefers otherwise.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 07:14, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A transsexual is born with what makes them a girl. She was a she her whole life and it is correct to refer to a person as their corrected sex, even when speaking of the past. Besides, she is a transsexual (had surgery) rather than TG, and you can only fix the sex with surgery. Gender (who you are) is permanent and the reason people correct their sex (body) to match. She never "became a woman," but was born one. Transsexualism is a condition you are born with and seek surgery to fix.72.11.40.181 (talk) 00:59, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

Okay, so the article states:

  • Her first surgical operation was a sex change operation, occurred at the age of fifteen, which she received for free from her then-boyfriend, a plastic surgeon.

and then:

  • By the age of seventeen (through a legal loophole) Lepore had a full sex-reassignment operation.

Age

Which one is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devil Master (talk • contribs) 18:25, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB itself is the only place on the internet that says her birthdate is December 5, 1967. Other places, like Wikipedia, take that date from IMDB. However, her actual year of birth itself has never been released. I saw a video (I think it was the Maury Povich show that she was on, actually, on plastic surgery) that said she was 35 three years ago and another website with a birth year in the 1950s in New Jersey. Amanda has not conceded any of these things on the internet to be her date of birth. When I was with her in the summer, a mutual friend of ours and I talked about it briefly and he said it's not any of those. Until someone has a source such as a birth certificate or a passport, whose place is it to say? Charo is the same way, except any dates definitively added to the article are backed up with court records, etc. 142.68.138.25 (talk) 21:35, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Per The Amanda Lepore Story she divorced her husband in 1989 after being married for five years. She married and had her sex change at 17 [1] which would place her year of birth as 1966/1967.--Shivertimbers433 (talk) 02:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Is Gawker a reliable enough source? It also states December 5, 1967. Why is her true age a state secret? -- K72ndst (talk) 01:49, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
We missed her 45th birthday in December, I guess. -- K72ndst (talk) 16:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It's taking "Never ask a lady her age" a step further: avoid all reference to it ;) Seven Letters 17:56, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I realize this probably qualifies as original research, but I went to high school with her in the early 1970s, so her DOB is probably 1958. Does the high school yearbook qualify as a source?73.158.252.169 (talk) 19:53, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gender Identification Questions

Her gender identity is female, and always has been, regardless of her born sex (which by the way was not male, but intersex.) She is a WOMAN. Anatomically, even. End of story.

Gender is not an anatomical property, unless you are using the word as a synonym for sex. 144.62.220.200 (talk) 01:35, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unreleased songs

Removed unsourced and put it here until there is a source: "There are two unreleased tracks produced by DJ Gomi that were played in NYC nightclubs circa 2003, the first "Up In This House" was featured additional lyrics and vocals by Kevin Aviance while the second is "Amanda, I Am". Another track, "Turn Me On, Turn Me Over", has not yet been released." Jokestress (talk) 02:38, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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