MTPC and GLAAD rap Herald for trans slurs
by Ethan Jacobs
associate editor
Wednesday Jul 16, 2008
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=77555The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation publicly called on the Boston Herald to apologize for offensive content and language in a July 7 story spotlighting a Boston police detective who goes undercover to uncover prostitution. The article placed a particular emphasis on the detective's experience rooting out transgender prostitutes and used the term "->-bleeped-<-s" both in the headline and in the body of the story.
"The language was so jarring. Using the word '->-bleeped-<-' by anyone outside of the transgender community is derogatory. That was the first jarring aspect of that story," said Gunner Scott, executive director of MTPC.
