Transforming Coverage

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Transforming Coverage

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3216
By Julie Hollar
11/28/2007

"Transgender is hardly a new concept, but until recently it's been considered by the media to be a topic for tabloid talkshows, not serious news programs. The tide is turning, though; as more and more public figures are coming out as having a gender identity different from their birth-assigned sex, and transgender characters are finding their way into more mainstream entertainment media (on TV shows like All My Children and movies like Transamerica), transgender stories are likewise moving from Jerry Springer to CNN at a remarkable pace."