CBS's Craig Ferguson Sketch Mocks Trans "Character"
Posted by Chris Geidner on February 5, 2011 1:50 AM
http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/02/cbss-craig-ferguson-sketch-moc.htmlTonight, the night after the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality released a report about the widespread prevalence of anti-transgender discrimination, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS presented a sketch portraying anti-trans stereotypes and playing off of them for humor at every turn.
The sketch featured Ferguson's "half-sister" -- played by a man -- coming out in a skirt and female's shirt, with an oddly painted face appearing to suggest significant facial hair. The first "gag" was her apparently showing male genitalia as she sat down -- to "eww" gasps from the audience.