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Title: GLAAD Demands Action from NBC/Comcast for Transphobic SNL Skit
Post by: Shana A on January 31, 2011, 08:12:51 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 31, 2011, 08:12:51 AM
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Aaron McQuade, GLAAD's Associate Director of National News
GLAAD Demands Action from NBC/Comcast for Transphobic SNL Skit
http://glaadblog.org/2011/01/30/glaad-demands-action-from-nbccomcast-for-transphobic-snl-skit/ (http://glaadblog.org/2011/01/30/glaad-demands-action-from-nbccomcast-for-transphobic-snl-skit/)
This Saturday, on an airing of Saturday Night Live, NBC (a subsidiary of Comcast) broadcast a dangerous and blatantly transphobic segment which they called 'Estro-Maxxx' - the punchline of which was the lives of countless transgender people across the country.
The piece was a mock commercial for estrogen replacement therapy and featured men with facial hair wearing dresses, meant to represent transgender women. This segment cannot be defended as "just a joke" because there was no "joke" to speak of. The attempted comedy of the skit hinges solely on degrading the lives and experiences of transgender women.
Aaron McQuade, GLAAD's Associate Director of National News
GLAAD Demands Action from NBC/Comcast for Transphobic SNL Skit
http://glaadblog.org/2011/01/30/glaad-demands-action-from-nbccomcast-for-transphobic-snl-skit/ (http://glaadblog.org/2011/01/30/glaad-demands-action-from-nbccomcast-for-transphobic-snl-skit/)
This Saturday, on an airing of Saturday Night Live, NBC (a subsidiary of Comcast) broadcast a dangerous and blatantly transphobic segment which they called 'Estro-Maxxx' - the punchline of which was the lives of countless transgender people across the country.
The piece was a mock commercial for estrogen replacement therapy and featured men with facial hair wearing dresses, meant to represent transgender women. This segment cannot be defended as "just a joke" because there was no "joke" to speak of. The attempted comedy of the skit hinges solely on degrading the lives and experiences of transgender women.