Amadi LovelaceDec 8, 2023

What does anti-trans bias in media look like?

It looks like an article about complaints over the mere existence of a transgender character in a TV show that came from less than 0.0001895% of the show’s viewers, needlessly amplifying the bigotry of an infinitesimal number of complainers and granting them unwarranted attention.

Worsened by a headline that treats the number of complaints as significant and worded as though they hold some validity.

Show threadChris
@amaditalks
1- if you don’t like it Don’t watch. 2- One of the James Bond movies had a trans person, was there an uproar when that movie premiered?
Dec 8, 2023 at 7:58pmWeb
Show threadAmadi LovelaceDec 8, 2023
@Metric I’m not sure I recall the trans person in a Bond film, but there were probably grumblings.
Show threadMajor Denis BloodnokDec 9, 2023
@amaditalks @Metric Caroline Cossey in 1981 (but a) as an extra and b) not known to be trans by audiences so no grumblings until, alas, she was outed by the _News of the World_ later that year).