Transphobia
Who is the fairest in Hollywood? Celebrities such as Kristen Stewart face heavy moral pressure
It seems the world of celebrity has experienced some strange moral epiphany all of a sudden. With the news that Kristen Stewart could lose her part in the new Snow White film because of her affair with Rupert Sanders comes a new implication about stardom: that having any kind of morality lapse could actually damage your career.
By Louise McCudden | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 6:00 am
Heard the one about the ladyboy? Media jokes about trans people are not acceptable
“Transsexual” has become shorthand for someone ridiculous, someone unnamed, someone that nice, middle-class people probably don’t know. Transphobia has passed the dinner table test because those who mock trans people simply don’t expect to see one of us at their dinner tables. I’d like to petition high profile trans newsreaders and politicians to raise awareness, but none exist. Trans people are today’s Aunt Sallys – and comics throw pies at us with impunity.
By Paris Lees | Notebook, Opinion, iPolitics | Thursday, 31 May 2012 at 4:00 am
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