Ad "worse than bad taste" says trans group

[Shana A]

Ad "worse than bad taste" says trans group

By GayNZ.com Daily News staff - 5th May 2010

http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/2/article_8762.php

Activist law project TransAdvocates is speaking out against an advertisement for a bank depicting a transgender person being assaulted.

It says the Raboplus ad, where a sexy young model knocks the elbow of a middle-aged transwoman and walks in, goes beyond satire and humour.

It's followed by the voiceover "your bank would be worried, wouldn't he?"

[Jasmine.m]

I dunno... I watched the add and I don't think it's all that offensive. Actually, it seems to me that they're putting this TS person into an everyday situation and no one seems to be the least bit bothered by it. Isn't that what we all want? But that's just me....

[Miniar]

It seems like they're showing a "man in a dress" not a ts person.

[cynthialee]

It seems like they're showing a "man in a dress" not a ts person.

To the average cisgender they are the same thing.

[Pica Pica]

I think that advert should be banned on significant nonsensicalness then anything else.