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Title: MTPC and GLAAD rap Herald for trans slurs
Post by: Natasha on December 15, 1999, 08:25:22 PM
MTPC and GLAAD rap Herald for trans slurs

Bay Windows (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=77555)
by Ethan Jacobs
7/16/2008

The article placed a particular emphasis on the detective's experience rooting out transgender prostitutes and used the term "->-bleeped-<-s" 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.