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Transgender Acceptance May Start with Reality TV

Started by Natasha, September 19, 2008, 05:43:38 PM

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Transgender Acceptance May Start with Reality TV

Findingdulcinea.com
9/19/2008

Reality TV shows have long relied on controversial and groundbreaking
content to draw viewers, and according to Joshua Alston of Newsweek,
transgender people are simply a "new minority to throw into the mix."

Transgender contestants appear on both "America's Next Top Model" and
the show "I Want to Work for Diddy." On "I Want to Work for Diddy," a
recently eliminated contestant named Laverne Cox forced some of the
other characters to get over their prejudices. On "America's Next Top
Model," Isis Tsunami has encountered some hostility from fellow
contestants who don't consider her qualified to compete because she
wasn't born a woman.
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