I came across this video yesterday which is full of transphobic bile - I cannot believe that some of the views expressed in this video are for real. Transgender children have to go through enough with bullying from both other children and the other children's parents, it is never something that is undertaken lightly and something that isn't done on a whim that one day they will 'be' a girl and the next day 'be' a boy.
To actually broadcast this bile without having done the proper research is vile and insidious and will result in far more bullying of transgender children - they need to be prosecuted for inciting hate crime in my humble opinion.
On reflection I would like to point out that I only know of one case where a 45 year old student flashed 'her' equipment to younger girls at a college (see here) and I have doubts if that person was a transsexual. That person should have been prosecuted for that in my humble opinion. Every person that I know that is transsexual has a loathing of their body and would never, ever display their body in public such is the shame and embarrassment that we feel.
However, every transgender child has to undergo a terrifying amount of bullying - and this will include other children trying to lift their skirts and pulling off their undergarments, this is a common story amongst trans children who have transitioned. So we have to ask ourselves who is more in need of protection here and programmes on national television like the one above will actually increase this type of misunderstanding and rejection of trans children.
OMFG!!! That is the most disturbing thing I have had to endure it a very very long time!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey both seemed eager to out perform each other in transphobic comments and the sad thing is that none of the points that they were making stood up to analysis.
ReplyDeleteI know the BBC are under intense scrutiny at the moment, but if this had been a BBC program, both of them would be waiting to collect their P45's at the end of the week.