media coverage

The negative media coverage

Recently Dateline has been re-airing shows about criminals and killers, and what attributes the defendants have done in the past to conjure up an mental instability and to demonize cross-dressing. In such cases as the mary lynn witherspoon and Dr Sharp of killing his wife.
This just really burns me as a trans-gender person , knowing how hard it is to be accepted in society as normal and not some freak off the streets. Linking cross-dressing and or transvestism to being or having a mental breakdown is simply ludicrous.

Having negative media coverage is damaging to any community and impacts the people of that community. The trans-gender community is even more so effected as its can make people fear and misunderstand us which in turn cause death to someone.

I encourage those shows the positive and educate the public on what transgender really means. To see that we are normal people living normal lives, and being a positive role model to everyone. Interviews from Oprah , Barbara, Tyra, and even Larry King. And soon to be Juju Chan, these media outlet makes us feel normal and accepted and I want to Thank them all for doing a wonderful job.