Apr 2011 01
Matt Kane, GLAAD's Entertainment Media Manager
Peabody Awards Honor Groundbreaking Degrassi Episodes
http://glaadblog.org/2011/04/01/peabody-awards-honor-groundbreaking-degrassi-episodes/Among the most prestigious of honors in the media, the George Foster Peabody Awards recognize "distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by TV and radio stations, networks, producing organizations, individuals and the World Wide Web." This year's honorees include Degrassi's storyline following transgender teen Adam on TeenNick, and several other inclusive programs.
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The two-part Degrassi story entitled "My Body is a Cage" examined the fallout from Adam being outed as transgender at school, while his mother is simultaneously struggling to fully accept him as her son. After a brief attempt to revert back to his previous identity as Gracie, Adam comes to realize that denying who he is will ultimately only cause pain, and he and the family finally say goodbye to the remnants of Gracie with a hopeful eye to the future. The Peabody press release praised the way the episodes neither "trivializ[ed] nor overdramatiz[ed] its subject."
