MTPC and GLAAD rap Herald for trans slurs
by Ethan Jacobs
associate editor
Wednesday Jul 16, 2008
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The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation publicly called on the Boston Herald to apologize for offensive content and language in a July 7 story spotlighting a Boston police detective who goes undercover to uncover prostitution. The article placed a particular emphasis on the detective's experience rooting out transgender prostitutes and used the term "trannies" both in the headline and in the body of the story.
"The language was so jarring. Using the word '->-bleeped-<-' by anyone outside of the transgender community is derogatory. That was the first jarring aspect of that story," said Gunner Scott, executive director of MTPC.