The New Transgender Reality

[Natasha]

The New Transgender Reality

http://www.newsweek.com/id/159390
9/17/2008

VH1's new show "I Want to Work for Diddy" and the CW's "America's Next
Top Model" (now in it's 11th season) both feature transgender
women--Isis Tsunami on "Model" and Laverne Cox on "Diddy," though she
was just eliminated. In "Diddy," Laverne's gender identity didn't loom
that large. The show is an "Apprentice"-style competition in which
contestants fight for an entry-level job for hip-hop mogul Sean
(Diddy) Combs, including making sure he has Heinz ketchup at arm's
length at all times. (Diddy didn't get to where he is by accepting
less than the best.) Laverne was mostly just another candidate
fighting tooth and nail, shockingly, for an awful, entry-level job.

[michelle]

Hi
America's Got Talent  has also showing more acceptance of trans,   when at first you saw the grimaces on the judges faces at the thought that underneath the feminine appearance was a man.   To where lately they finally accepted a transgender female for her talent and not her shock appeal.
Slowly, slowly.   But you still see the emotional pain on the faces of people when they meet a transgender person.
Luv, Michelle