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Which Pejoratives Do We Put To A Vote? Apparenlty Antitransgender Ones

Started by Shana A, November 05, 2010, 07:30:29 PM

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November 05, 2010, 07:30:29 PM
Which Pejoratives Do We Put To A Vote? Apparenlty Antitransgender Ones
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Nov 05, 2010 at 20:18:48 PM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17902/which-pejoratives-do-we-put-to-a-vote-apparenlty-antitransgender-ones

For those of us who don't watch Glee or The Jersey Shore much, we might have missed the use of the pejorative ->-bleeped-<- (which will henceforth be referred to as tra**y in the rest of the piece) being used in both shows.

GLAAD reported about Glee's use of the pejorative tra**y in their glaadBLOG piece Glee Episode Hits The Wrong Note. They noted:

    The show's inclusion of the word "tra**y" was made all the more confusing by the decision to change the word "transsexual" to "sensational" in the song "Sweet ->-bleeped-<-." As many commentators have pointed out, it seems strange that Fox would want the word "transsexual" cut from a well known song, but find "tra**y" acceptable.
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