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Title: Update: Saturday Night Live's Trans-Bashing Still Not Funny
Post by: Shana A on February 06, 2011, 08:31:39 AM
Post by: Shana A on February 06, 2011, 08:31:39 AM
Update: Saturday Night Live's Trans-Bashing Still Not Funny
by Tom Basgil Jr. ยท February 04, 2011
http://news.change.org/stories/update-saturday-night-lives-trans-bashing-still-not-funny (http://news.change.org/stories/update-saturday-night-lives-trans-bashing-still-not-funny)
As of this post, over 3,500 of you have signed the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's petition demanding that NBC issue an apology for Saturday Night Live's transphobic skit and remove the piece from web and television sources. However, a representative from SNL told FOX411, "We're not going to comment on that."
For those who don't know, Saturday Night Live recently aired a mock commercial for Estro-Maxx, a fake estrogen therapy medication. In the sketch, scruffy men wearing wigs and fake breasts talked about how the once-daily pill has made their transition from male to female easier and more convenient. Although the audience found the commercial hilarious, the object of their amusement wasn't a joke: male-to-female transgender people. The transgender community already has enough hatred to deal with. Did SNL really need to poke more fun at their struggle on national television?
by Tom Basgil Jr. ยท February 04, 2011
http://news.change.org/stories/update-saturday-night-lives-trans-bashing-still-not-funny (http://news.change.org/stories/update-saturday-night-lives-trans-bashing-still-not-funny)
As of this post, over 3,500 of you have signed the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's petition demanding that NBC issue an apology for Saturday Night Live's transphobic skit and remove the piece from web and television sources. However, a representative from SNL told FOX411, "We're not going to comment on that."
For those who don't know, Saturday Night Live recently aired a mock commercial for Estro-Maxx, a fake estrogen therapy medication. In the sketch, scruffy men wearing wigs and fake breasts talked about how the once-daily pill has made their transition from male to female easier and more convenient. Although the audience found the commercial hilarious, the object of their amusement wasn't a joke: male-to-female transgender people. The transgender community already has enough hatred to deal with. Did SNL really need to poke more fun at their struggle on national television?