MTPC and GLAAD rap Herald for trans slurs

Bay Windows
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 "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.