Antigay Group Boycotts Transgender MTV Character

[Shana A]

Posted on Advocate.com April 21, 2011
Antigay Group Boycotts Transgender MTV Character
The Florida Family Association wants advertisers to boycott Degrassi: The Next Generation on MTV over its positive portrayal of a young transgender man.
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http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Entertainment_News/Antigay_Group_Boycotts_Transgender_MTV_Character/

The Florida Family Association wants advertisers to boycott the Degrassi: The Next Generation series on MTV because the program delivers a positive portrayal of a young transgender man.

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"It is very concerning that your company would knowingly advertise during a television show that condones and promotes transgender lifestyles to an audience that is almost exclusively watched by young teens and children," wrote Caton. "You would think by the number of episodes that MTV devotes to including the relationship between a female to male transgender high school student and a bi-sexual lesbian student that such relationships are a common occurrence in America's high schools. The odds of this bizarre relationship occurring in high schools are extremely rare."

[Padma]

The only thing "rare" about it is them feeling safe to do it out in the open, alas.