Transgender group furious at BBC for ‘offensive’ Russell Howard sketch

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Transgender group furious at BBC for 'offensive' Russell Howard sketch
by Jessica Geen
14 April 2011, 4:21pm

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/04/14/transgender-group-furious-at-bbc-for-offensive-russell-howard-sketch/

BBC Three comedy Russell Howard's Good News is under fire from transgender campaigners who say a recent sketch ridicules a "vulnerable minority".

Trans Media Watch said that the sketch, based on the story of a Thai airline hiring trans women, shows trans people as "objects of ridicule [and] physical disgust."

The April 1st sketch shows two airline attendants in makeup and women's clothes showing their male genitals to passengers. One passenger vomits at the sight.