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The Evolution of Transgender Media Coverage

Started by Shana A, March 27, 2008, 06:46:03 PM

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March 27, 2008, 06:46:03 PM
http://www.utne.com/2008-03-27/Media/The-Evolution-of-Transgender-Media-Coverage.aspx

The Evolution of Transgender Media Coverage
(Independent press, Media criticism)
—Lisa Gulya

The transgender narrative is well known, thanks to films like Boys Don't Cry and Transamerica. But the problem, as Extra! reports in an analysis of transgender coverage over the past few years, is the idea that a single "transgender narrative" exists.

The narrative is by now quite familiar: A somewhat prominent white, middle-to-upper-class man comes out as a transgender woman, her long history of feeling "trapped in the wrong body" is detailed, and her struggles and surgeries are documented, as are the struggles of those around her to understand and embrace her change.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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