Comments on: Our (Extra) Ordinary Evening Watching Nightline's "Transgendered Special"

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:12:20 +0000

That was quite honestly the most beautiful little girl I’ve ever seen. Go Jackie! Seriously, how stupid can you be to think that is a boy? What kind of ignorant idiots think that way? The narration to this is just ugly.

By: Julianne

Julianne — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:14:27 +0000

Reading the commentary and comments about this piece shows how far in the wrong direction the media can go. However, some years ago, Barbara Walters produced an extraordinary piece about three trans* children (ages 3 to 16 – 2 transgirls and one transboy). I don’t know if it is available, but if I had to show some parents questioning their child’s actions and intents, this would be one of the pieces I would show them. Thanks for your honest and frank review of the segment.

By: biensurmacherie

biensurmacherie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:06:09 +0000

So many tears happened! I think I cried most when Dyson’s brother asked his mum, “Why can’t you just let him be happy?”, it was so touching.

By: jules

jules — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:01:53 +0000

i cannot fucking BELIEVE how rude that woman is! rude doesn’t even begin to cover her absolute derision of the people that she’s interviewing. fucking hell; surely there was a better candidate for the slot. i am appalled

By: Demian Y.

Demian Y. — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:24:37 +0000

When I read something like “TRANSGENDERED SPECIAL” my mind jumps to thinking that the special is trans. Which amuses me.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:13:17 +0000

I watched this with my dad and it brought about a surprisingly successful conversation. The show was terrible, though. But my dad was awesome.

By: Dina

Dina — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:22:23 +0000

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want people not to piss all over your identity, at least.

By: Dina

Dina — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:19:24 +0000

Aww thank you! <3

By: Tay

Tay — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:53:24 +0000

The problem I see with these kinds of programs is they are supposed to be news based. By making trans* people ‘news’ it removes the fact that they are normal people trying to make things right for themselves, just like everyone else.
Why don’t they do a special about hipsters drinking tea? I find the two things equally normal. I cannot remember who said something like ‘just because it’s common doesn’t make it the norm.’ Sensationalism is so overdone. It could have been a lovely educational program, detailing the battles the kids are facing, peer acceptance, proper pronoun usage, appropriate questions, etc. instead they were like FUCK THAT we’re gonna be bigoted assholes and perpetuate harmful stereotypes, so later we can ‘report’ on hate crimes against LGBT+ persons.

My communications professor worked at ABC for 23 years, I’m going to ask her about this shit next week.

By: bra

bra — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:18:05 +0000

lol.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:48:30 +0000

Wait – what about the interview with Vanessa is racist? I didn’t see any evidence of racism. Class-ism? Totally. Moralistic? Very. Boneheaded questions? Just like all the other segments. Racist? Evidence please.

By: NewTexan

NewTexan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:00:56 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to write this out and explain it as clearly as you have. I appreciate it.