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Aaron McQuade, GLAAD's Associate Director of National News
GLAAD Demands Action from NBC/Comcast for Transphobic SNL Skit
http://glaadblog.org/2011/01/30/glaad-demands-action-from-nbccomcast-for-transphobic-snl-skit/This Saturday, on an airing of Saturday Night Live, NBC (a subsidiary of Comcast) broadcast a dangerous and blatantly transphobic segment which they called 'Estro-Maxxx' - the punchline of which was the lives of countless transgender people across the country.
The piece was a mock commercial for estrogen replacement therapy and featured men with facial hair wearing dresses, meant to represent transgender women. This segment cannot be defended as "just a joke" because there was no "joke" to speak of. The attempted comedy of the skit hinges solely on degrading the lives and experiences of transgender women.
