http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-carmen-carrera-cake-boss-tlc-transgender-20120613,0,4449579.story
I'm a huge Carmen Carrera fan, she is simply one of the most beautiful women in the world. Earlier this week she had a guest role on the TLC show Cake Boss. She had been tweeting and facebooking about the show the whole week before, and was very excited to get positive exposure on a family-friendly show for the trans community. When the show aired, Carmen found out that they were actually just mocking her and making a joke of the whole scene, and they even referred to her as a man. I didn't see the episode, but it I can only imagine how hurt she must have felt. The network has issued an apology, but its still ridiculous that someone thought this was okay.
Reminds me of the NC preacher who would round us all up in fences...there is some deep, core-level hatred, fear, callousness. These are the situations I think about when the "we're just like you" people attempt to win friends.
ReplyDeleteThe dangerous ones, we'll never win. If they can't kill us themselves, their mockery might make us so sad, depressed, and humiliated we will "off" ourselves. That's their Plan B, it would seem.
We should set the behavior bar high and get mad at any little breach of it. Being offended is the first step. Living out loud is the second. I'm not advocating a total outing by everyone, but each as she or he can.
Thanks for sharing this.