Do the media know the word "transgender"?

Butterfly · November 08, 2010, 04:51:23 PM

Do the media know the word "transgender"?
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Alex Blaze
November 8, 2010 3:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/11/do_the_media_know_the_word_transgender.php

Or "transsexual"? Or "trans"? Because you wouldn't know it from coverage of the blog post from the woman whose kid, "Boo," dressed up like Daphne from Scooby Doo.

This weekend I posted a video from CNN with a child psychologist talking about how it's every parents "worst nightmare" to have a gay child in response to Daphne's mom. Anyone worried about having a son who is not the gender they think he is?

The psychologist apologized to AfterElton.com and explained:

"I accept full and total complete responsibility for using that unfortunate choice of words. I think if I were able to say the other part of that, that it wouldn't come out that way. But I think that is a lesson for me to learn to be even more sensitive even though if you Google my name, you'll see anything that I've ever written or said about sexuality has always been 100% positive for whatever someone's sexuality might be...."

spacial · November 08, 2010, 06:16:33 PM

That's quite a major backtrack, give what he actually said.

Better late than never I suppose.

http://www.afterelton.com/people/2010/11/doctor-jeff-gardere-says

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Do the media know the word "transgender"?

Butterfly

spacial