Just How Will Seventeen Apologize For Scaring Girls Away From Trans Guys?
http://www.queerty.com/just-how-will-seventeen-apologize-for-scaring-girls-away-from-trans-guys-20091109/ (http://www.queerty.com/just-how-will-seventeen-apologize-for-scaring-girls-away-from-trans-guys-20091109/)
Just because South Park turned down GLAAD's request to admit to being insensitive to homos doesn't mean all media are opting to ignore Jarrett Barrios & Co. Enter Seventeen, which had no idea just how mean it was being to transgender people!
The magazine's article that painted transgender men who date biological women as scary liars looking to deceive Seventeen's sweet and innocent readership was, in fact, insensitive, agree editors there. After meeting with GLAAD last week, Seventeen says it'll respond to readers who wrote in complaining abuot the article, and may update its World Wide Web site blogpage tweet FB digg-er thing with an apology.
ouch. :-\