Katie Couric's offensive interview reveals need for transgender visibility

ThePigmanAgain · 2014-01-12T09:47:47+00:00

Idiots looking for excuses to be offended.

"To Carrera's credit, she handled the question admirably — mostly by shushing Couric and pointing out trans people are far more than their transition."

That would explain why the writer refers to them as trans people, because they are more than their transition. Heh, heh.

"In her introduction, Couric said Carrera "was born a man and that's why she's on our show," practically dehumanizing Carrera and reducing her solely to her transition."

So, if an MRA were to end up on that misandrist pixie's show and she were to say "Fred Bloggs is an MRA, which is why he is on our show," this would be dehumanizing as it would reduce him solely to his stance on gender issues?

"referring to the time Carrera was "still a man." (That's the moment in the show that most makes me cringe.)"

Let me guess, this is offensive because it assumes that "she" was at one point a man, which "she" never was despite all the physical evidence to the contrary...

Christ, this writer is drowning in his own idiocy.

IrideTheDirt · 2014-01-12T14:49:22+00:00

Transgender is new. It requires surgery, hormone therapy, etc. It is a process to "transition" into the opposite sex so you feel on the outside, how you feel on the inside. This is something that IS unusual to the VAST majority of people. It is a pretty damn new thing. What blows my mind is the attitude that surrounds it. This attitude of shaming a person who doesn't know the particulars of what a "trans-person" goes through, what the proceedure is like, why they choose to transition, what sort of sexual preference do they have? ALL of these questions are ones that come up for someone whom this is all new to. There is often ZERO hatred or belittling of these people, simply a pure curiousity, and acceptance coupled with absolute ignorance to the topic, to the sensitivities, to the very intricate specifics of emotional and physical attributes that a trans person would experience. So, WHY would someone from the LGBT community just flat expect someone to fully know everything about it, and not ask ignorant questions that the mass of the public would like to know? How do you draw a line on the objectification of an actor, who's job is to portray a role, and essentially objectify themselves as tools of story telling through television, Where is the line? are you an actor? a model? do you do nude scenes? if so, how comfortable are you with your body being objectified? Perhaps public figures, and those who want to be entertainers ought to grow a thicker skin and realize that when you're "cutting edge" or something a lot of folks know nothing about, you might get asked offensive and ignorant questions a lot. It's part of being "unusual".

"I want to be interviewed about being transgendered so that I can help spread understanding and knowledge about transgendered people, but don't ask me anything uncomfortable, or that is offensive, but since you don't really know anything about my lifestyle you wouldn't know it's offensive, but I'll still demand you not do that because it offends me, and I have the RIGHT to NEVER be offended, especially about my choice to become transgendered!" ....Riiiiiight... reasonable.

ZimbaZumba · 2014-01-12T17:22:25+00:00

Very convincing transgender women. I don't like Couric but I do feel going into the intimate details was unnecessary. The subtext was to make what she had done seem disgusting. There is still and undertone in mainstream feminism to discredit transgender women. As women go she was drop dead gorgeous, meow.

Title	Katie Couric's offensive interview reveals need for transgender visibility
Author	AlphaWookie
Upvotes	11
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Date	January 12, 2014 9:16 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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