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Dear Saturday Night Live: Transphobia Is No Laughing Matter

Started by Shana A, February 03, 2011, 08:43:58 AM

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February 03, 2011, 08:43:58 AM
Dear Saturday Night Live: Transphobia Is No Laughing Matter
by Tom Basgil Jr. · February 01, 2011

http://news.change.org/stories/dear-saturday-night-live-transphobia-is-no-laughing-matter

Enough people already believe the dangerous stereotype that male-to-female transgenders run around, peeking into bathrooms wearing boobs and a beard. In the U.S.'s hostile climate for the LGBT community, a popular NBC comedy show decided to pour some gasoline on the fire.

On January 29, Saturday Night Live aired a mock commercial for "Estro-Maxx," a fake estrogen therapy drug. In the sketch, lipsticked men with fake breasts praise the virtues of the once-a-day tablet. "I can't spend all day increasing market share and turning my penis into a functional vagina," says a businessperson with a deep voice and a full mustache. Another man, with scruffy facial hair and a wig, walks into a full-body scanner at the airport, catching the attention of a security officer. The audience ate it up.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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