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Title: CHANGING TIMES Members of transgender community tell their history in media and
Post by: Shana A on April 18, 2012, 08:54:55 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 18, 2012, 08:54:55 AM
CHANGING TIMES
Members of transgender community tell their history in media and pop culture
By Emma Barker Tuesday, April 17, 2012
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/17/041712-arts-transgender-1-6/ (http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/17/041712-arts-transgender-1-6/)
Before Jenna Talackova, there was Chaz Bono; before him, Brandon Teena; and, back in the 1950s, Christine Jorgensen. Transgender people have had a long, loud struggle in the media, from Jerry Springer's earliest ratings-bait drama productions to Donald Trump deciding recently to ban a transgender pageant hopeful — only to have the organization overturn the ban and institute a policy of acceptance.
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People like Jenna, Jazz and Chaz have brought familiar faces to the fight of a community that, until recent years, has been widely portrayed as freakish.
The Daily conducted a series of interviews with several transgender people of various ages about their experience and portrayal over the years. Here is what they told us.
Members of transgender community tell their history in media and pop culture
By Emma Barker Tuesday, April 17, 2012
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/17/041712-arts-transgender-1-6/ (http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/17/041712-arts-transgender-1-6/)
Before Jenna Talackova, there was Chaz Bono; before him, Brandon Teena; and, back in the 1950s, Christine Jorgensen. Transgender people have had a long, loud struggle in the media, from Jerry Springer's earliest ratings-bait drama productions to Donald Trump deciding recently to ban a transgender pageant hopeful — only to have the organization overturn the ban and institute a policy of acceptance.
[...]
People like Jenna, Jazz and Chaz have brought familiar faces to the fight of a community that, until recent years, has been widely portrayed as freakish.
The Daily conducted a series of interviews with several transgender people of various ages about their experience and portrayal over the years. Here is what they told us.