Transsexual actress slams prejudice
Updated: 2011-09-22 07:56
By Zheng Jinran (China Daily)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-09/22/content_13763307.htmBEIJING - A famous dancer says she was axed as a judge on a TV talent show because she has had a sex change.
Jin Xing was contracted to appear on eight episodes of Feitong Fanxiang, a contest for professional singers broadcast on Zhejiang TV.
However, on Monday night she received a call from the show's director, Chao Chi-tai, to say she had been dropped because "her transgender identity could have negative effects on society".
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Jin Xing says kicked off reality show for being transgender
http://shanghaiist.com/2011/09/22/jin-xing-transgender.phpjin-xing.jpg Jin Xing (金星), one of the foremost figures in Chinese contemporary dance and a judge on the reality television singing competition Fei Tong Fan Xiang 《非同凡响》says she has been kicked off the show by order of the Zhejiang Province Radio, Film and Television Bureau because of her transsexual identity.
In a post on her Sina Weibo profile which has been retweeted a whopping 30,000 times, Jin Xing announced, "It's a great pity! I will not be able to appear on the show finals this weekend because the production team has received an order from Zhejiang Province Radio, Film and Television Bureau that I was to be banned from the panel because I'm transgender! I am infuriated! It doesn't matter to me whether I get to be a judge or not, but as a citizen, I won't accept being discriminated against because of my gender identity!"
