GLAAD On Another Censorship Rampage
GLAAD is a cancer on all things free speech. They make the backers of the old Production Code and those anti-Communist Blacklisters look like look like Marxist libertines. From The Wrap: "The ABC comedy 'Work It' doesn’t even premiere until January 3, and already it’s invoking ire from rights groups."
The series has sparked anger from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Human Rights Campaign, who argue that the series could prove harmful to transgendered individuals.
The series stars Ben Koldyke (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Amaury Nolasco (“Prison Break”) as two friends and former coworkers who, unemployed and desperate, take to cross-dressing in order to get hired by a pharmaceutical company that’s looking for female sales reps.
The concept spurred an angry message from GLAAD, which argued that, while the show “does not explicitly address transgender people, many home viewers unfamiliar with the realities of being transgender will still make the connection. ‘Work It’ invites the audience to laugh at images of men trying to adopt a feminine appearance, thereby also making it easier to mock people whose gender identity and expression are different than the one they were assigned at birth.”
GLAAD took particular offense to a print ad for the series, in which the two main characters stand side-by-side at a pair of urinals, while dressed as women.
“Not only does it inadvertently further notions that transgender identities are humorous or artificial, but imagery like this are one of the first things anti-LGBT activists resort to when trying to deny transgender people protections against discrimination,” GLAAD argues.
Oh shut up, you fascist, un-American crybabies. Because GLAAD believes that anyone who falls under an LGB or T should somehow be immune from satire, these bullies attempt to make the absurd claim that obvious humor will turn into bigotry. And of course, spineless, gutless leftist Hollywood always falls right in line.
When this squeak qualifies as pushback, all is lost.
(Cross-posted from Big Hollywood)
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Hell in a hand basket comes
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:19am.
Hell in a hand basket comes to mind.
"The realities of being transgendered..."
Submitted by bkeyser on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:27am.
Yeah.
There really isn't much more to add.
Bosom Buddies?
Submitted by ant on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:51am.
"Not only does it inadvertenly further notions that transgender identities are humorous or artificial...." Oh, but they are humorous and artificial. So are the whole cadre of grievance focused activist crybabies. While at the same time annoying and intolerable.
ant, that's exactly what I thought..
Submitted by mom_rox on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:42am.
a Bosom Buddies ripoff. (hey, it worked for Tom Hanks) Speaking of, it would be interesting if someone in the media were to ask Mr. Hanks for his opinion of the show's premise.
I predict
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:30am.
This show will be a big bomb.
So it was
Submitted by oldmanatee on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:56pm.
ok for the Wayann brothers to do a movie as white chicks, or Martin Lawrence to be a large woman..
Racists...
The T gene
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 1:45pm.
I must have missed the announcement - Did "they" locate the transgendered gene? GLAAD claims that humor directed at hairy guys wearing ill-fitting dresses cannot be humorous, and the transgendered cannot be "artificial" because (according to the GLAAD wags) sexual identity was only "assigned" at birth. I must have missed something...
I'm assuming science discovered the transgendered gene (perhaps when they discovered the gay gene). Can someone direct me to the study? Is the gene wearing 6 inch pumps with a thong? If this is all genetic, what did trannies wear a 1,000 years ago... when people were wearing sackcloth? By the way, the LGBT now includes a "Q" - I kid you not. I saw that added letter a few weeks ago. It was in LGBT news story and it included a "Q" for "questioning" - I'm assuming that whatever "L or G or B or T gene exists, it can be mutated to conform with the "questioning" group. Who knew....
Did the "study" also discover the "Z" gene? There has to be a gene for the "Zoophiles" if the rest of the alphabet genes exist. You know... people who want to marry their farm animals and have sex with them. It's all genetic... right?
Dustin Hoffman & Robin Williams
Submitted by Norto on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 2:18pm.
Mrs Doubtfire and Tootsie, I just looked in my search engine and these seem to get equally bashed.
I must have missed it Mr Nolte
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:31pm.
I do not see where they are demanding somebody pull the plug on this show.
This is wierd Shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 5:46pm.
Shouldn't you be on some GLAAD messae board telling them to change the channel, that you are happy they have no real power and that you will probably enjoy the show?
That is what I am leading up to Sentry
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 6:32pm.
I totally believe Glaad has the right to express their opinion, I also believe in free speech about religion and people can pray anywhere they like.
My point is whenever there is a thread about a person like Howard Stern. When folks on here use the change the channel argument. Without fail somebody will say. Where is Mr Bozell saying we should censor anything?
The answer is simple. Mr Bozell has a right to his views and like the fact he expresses those views. I am saying that his PTC hardly has any power thank goodness. Glad I could clear that up.
Also, my Canucks had a not spectacular but pretty good road trip. :-)
Thanks Shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 6:42pm.
That was clear as mud.
Give me a break here
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 6:58pm.
I am on vacation this week and I can drink during the day if I want to :-) Okay let me try this again. I am saying I like the fact Mr. Bozell can exercise his free speech. I respect his opinion. I also respect Trans Gendered feelings towards this show. I am not saying they have no power.
I AM SAYING THE PTC HAS NO POWER. I do not like people that try to take away things from other people because they find it objectionable. They threaten advertisers with strong arm tactics and I am glad they have little influence and I like saying that over and over because I want it to stay that way.
edit
BTW. I reread your first post to me. I cannot remember the last time I used the Change the Channel Argument. Hmmmm since you are a responsible person, I'm sure you can provide proof I used this type of argument. Otherwise please admit you made a false argument. Thanks buddy!
I'll get right on that Shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 7:17pm.
As soon as you read the linked article where it says, "We ask that ABC recognize this fact, keep the show’s bathroom advertisement out of circulation, and seriously consider whether airing this show is worth the damage it has the potential to do. The fact is ABC should not air this show at all, as it will contribute to a climate in which transgender people are something to be laughed at, rather than treated with the respect and dignity that everyone deserves." If you do, I will expect an apology to Mr. Nolte. Then maybe we can discuss your Change the Channel Argument.
Thanks buddy.
no Sentry. You don't get it
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 8:37pm.
there is a difference on saying something should not be on the air than trying to force a show off the air using heavy hand tactics.
Mr Bozell says certain shows should not be on the air all the time. It does not bother me why they want it off air. its the fact that the PTC has no influence and totally lacking in mainstream thinking and i enjoy pointing it out.
So basically it is only a suggestion. Mr Bozell can want to convince others a show should not be aired. If the majority agree with him so be it. However thank goodness only a minority does.
edit.
I know it is very difficult understanding the difference between one mans opinion than demanding something be taken off the air threatening advertisers and DEMANDING WHERE THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY. However please try.
Shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 12:07am.
It's hard to get something when the person explaining it makes NO SENSE. Put down the alcohol and take a nap there buddy. I hope you read this thread when you sober up tomorrow and can then make a reasonable and thoughtout response.
quote sober
Submitted by shawn. on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 1:50am.
and I thought I was quite clear on what I was saying. If there is anything i said that I was confusing I will be glad to clear it up. I am confused on why you refuse to either retract or even talk about the fact that you cannot back up your accusation, that I tell people to change the channel.
I stopped saying that ages ago when people came up with the argument that nowhere does Mr Bozell say we should censor anything.
nuff said
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 2:30am.
"I am confused on why you refuse to either retract or even talk about the fact that you cannot back up your accusation, that I tell people to change the channel." Okay...I will
"I cannot remember the last time I used the Change the Channel Argument." Not a denial you've never used it.
"I stopped saying that ages ago..." Now an admission that you have used it.
Done deal.
??????
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:06am.
I see Sentry. The last time I might have said that was about three years ago. Yes I am so sure when you made the accusation you did not mean the recent past right?. Nah of course not. I also used to vote democrat and not think Pop Tech and Mike Bratton were crazy.
Great game last night eh. ;-)
Well Shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:21am.
The past is the past whether recent or distant. You didn't stipulate anyway.
It would have been better if Howard didn't have to beat your boys down and Kessler could take a check without him and the rest of them throwing a fit. Kessler pouted so bad he tried to make a knee on knee with Zetterberg later in the game. I think it was the first time I realized why the rest of the league hates your team so badly.
Well......
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:39am.
Seeing as you have not been a member since I last posted that argument would lead me to believe you meant the recent past.
Okay then. You convinced me that that you were referring to a post I did three years ago and did not imply I said something in the recent past, because a person with integrity like yourself would never do anything like that without proof.
I'm also sure Shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 9:48am.
That you, being a person of high morals and integrity, would not pull a number out of your ass knowing that it was much less than three years ago that NB1 land was lost to the interwebs.
You also being such an intelligent person would know that it would be quite logical for one to assume, based on your positions in relation to all things smut, that the Change the Channel arguement has been used by you in the past.
In the end Shawn, that you chose to focus so much on that one comment is.....jeebus.
Well
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:04am.
I guess folks should not ask for proof of an accusation if it takes more than one post because it takes up too much time
Also another lesson learned from you is if it is safe to assume something, just do it and dont bother to have to produce proof and everything will be okay
OR
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:08am.
They should not ask for proof of something THEY ADMITTED TO DOING!
Yes so if I voted for Kerry 2004
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:43pm.
And I voted for McCain in 2008, and for Whitman in 2010 that means that I voted democrat.
Lets make this simple. When you made the accusation do you mean the recent past? If not I will take take your word for it.
Not that broad shawn
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:49pm.
If you said you voted for Kerry in 2004 then you....uh...voted for Kerry in 2004. You are complicating something very simple.
If you said you used the arguement to change the channel in the past well then....what's the specific answer?
Simple. I don't think it matters. You say you don't use it now and explained it. Should be a done deal.
I guess I'm not going to get my questioned answered
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 12:58pm.
Thats fine Sentry. You have a nice day :-)
It was answered
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 1:04pm.
You just didn't like the answer. Too bad.
Hey Sparky -- Shawn
Submitted by acaiguana on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 8:38pm.
"We ask that ABC recognize this fact, keep the show’s bathroom advertisement out of circulation, and seriously consider whether airing this show is worth the damage it has the potential to do. The fact is ABC should not air this show at all, as it will contribute to a climate in which transgender people are something to be laughed at, rather than treated with the respect and dignity that everyone deserves."
Quoted from the GLAAD whine from the link above.
I'm of the opinion that "The fact is ABC should not air this show at all, as it will contribute to a climate in which transgender people are something to be laughed at, rather than treated with the respect and dignity that everyone deserves."
Would be a call to cancel the show.
If reading and comprehension were your forte, we'd all be in trouble.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Hi ACA
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:26pm.
A call is not the same as demanding. If what you are saying is true, then Mr. Bozell demands shows be cancelled all the time.
A demand is in the eye of the beholder.
Submitted by acaiguana on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 9:53pm.
As I stated above, "In my opinion..." was a call for the show to not be aired.
And I don't get why you are defending this idiot group.
And I further don't see what your whole point would be. You said Bozell didn't cite the reference correctly. I say he did.
And your point would be?
Get out of the insane defense of the indefensible.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Actually ACA
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:13pm.
Mr Bozell did not write the article Mr Nolte did. I am fine with your interpretations of demanding and censorship. however if this is the case then Mr Bozell is just as guilty of censorship.
I stand corrected regarding Mr. Nolte.
Submitted by acaiguana on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 9:07am.
I had Brent on my mind.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Ummm....
Submitted by stage9 on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:31pm.
"‘Work It’ invites the audience to laugh at images of men trying to adopt a feminine appearance..."
1) Transgenderism is the result of a psychological disorder, not because they were "wrongly labelled at birth".
Homosexuals were NOT "born that way":
H o m o s e x u a l s have claimed that H o m o s e x u a l i t y has been repeatedly demonstrated to be, and is in fact, an innate, genetically-determined condition.
Dean Hamer of the National Institutes of Health performed and published the research most widely cited as pointing to a "g a y gene." Dr. Hamer testified in the Colorado Proposition 2 court case that he was "99.5% certain that h o m o s e x u a l i t y is genetic." He later came to the following conclusions:
"The pedigree failed to produce what we originally hoped to find: simple Mendelian inheritance. In fact, we never found a single family in which h o m o s e x ua l i t y was distributed in the obvious pattern that Mendel observed..."
Hamer's study was duplicated by Rice et al with research that was more robust. In this replication the genetic markers found by Hamer turned out to be of no statistical significance:
"It is unclear why our results are so discrepant from Hamer's original study. Because our study was larger than that of Hamer's et al, we certainly had adequate power to detect a genetic effect as large as reported in that study. Nonetheless, our data do not support the presence of a gene of large effect influencing s e x u a l orientation..."
Simon LeVay, a neuroanatomist at The Salk Institute in San Diego, founded the Institute for G a y and L e s b i a n Education in San Francisco after researching and publishing the study of hypothalamic structures in men most widely-cited as confirming innate brain differences between h o m o s e x u a l s and h e t e r o s e x u a l s, as he himself initially argued. He later acknowledged:
"It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that h o m o s e x u a l i t y is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being g a y. I didn't show that g a y men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a g a y center in the brain."
2) "transgender identities are humorous or artificial..."
These "identities" aren't artificial...they are psychological...
Transsexuality Explained
http://narth.com/docs/transexpl.html
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
A bit behind the times..
Submitted by Zoe Brain on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:40pm.
Reporting what one Psych said 30 years ago (though he repeated it in 2003), and another said 15 years ago as if it's the "latest and greatest", ignoring facts that don't fit the lede is typical of NARTH. They're very much like some strands if liberal media that way. Here's some papers that contain actual experimental data, rather than "I knew a guy once who..." stories.
Male–to–female transsexuals have female neuron numbers in a limbic nucleus. Kruiver et al J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2000) 85:2034–2041
The present findings of somatostatin neuronal sex differences in the BSTc and its sex reversal in the transsexual brain clearly support the paradigm that in transsexuals sexual differentiation of the brain and genitals may go into opposite directions and point to a neurobiological basis of gender identity disorder.
A sex difference in the human brain and its relation to transsexuality. by Zhou et al Nature (1995) 378:68–70.
Our study is the first to show a female brain structure in genetically male transsexuals and supports the hypothesis that gender identity develops as a result of an interaction between the developing brain and sex hormones
A sex difference in the hypothalamic uncinate nucleus: relationship to gender identity. by Garcia-Falgueras et al Brain. 2008 Dec;131(Pt 12):3132-46.
We propose that the sex reversal of the INAH3 in transsexual people is at least partly a marker of an early atypical sexual differentiation of the brain and that the changes in INAH3 and the BSTc may belong to a complex network that may structurally and functionally be related to gender identity.
White matter microstructure in female to male transsexuals before cross-sex hormonal treatment. A diffusion tensor imaging study. - Rametti et al, J Psychiatr Res. 2010 Jun 8.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that the white matter microstructure pattern in untreated FtM transsexuals is closer to the pattern of subjects who share their gender identity (males) than those who share their biological sex (females). Our results provide evidence for an inherent difference in the brain structure of FtM transsexuals.
Rather than going on and on with the hundreds of other papers on the issue, I'll just give the abstract of one
Sexual Hormones and the Brain: An Essential Alliance for Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation Garcia-Falgueras A, Swaab DF Endocr Dev. 2010;17:22-35
The fetal brain develops during the intrauterine period in the male direction through a direct action of testosterone on the developing nerve cells, or in the female direction through the absence of this hormone surge. In this way, our gender identity (the conviction of belonging to the male or female gender) and sexual orientation are programmed or organized into our brain structures when we are still in the womb. However, since sexual differentiation of the genitals takes place in the first two months of pregnancy and sexual differentiation of the brain starts in the second half of pregnancy, these two processes can be influenced independently, which may result in extreme cases in trans-sexuality. This also means that in the event of ambiguous sex at birth, the degree of masculinization of the genitals may not reflect the degree of masculinization of the brain. There is no indication that social environment after birth has an effect on gender identity or sexual orientation..
Sound-byte (though grossly over-simplified, it's more complex than that) : Anatomically female brain in otherwise anatomically male body. Visible in autopsies, and on MRI and PET scans.
It's no worse than Blackface
Submitted by Zoe Brain on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:30pm.
As funny as a comedy about two white guys putting on Blackface so they can get the greatly increased employment privileges and economic benefits all Blacks have compared to Whites. While munching on Watermelon and Fried Chicken for lunch at work, and giving out such comedic gems as "Where de white wimin at". A laff riot, made all the funnier by overdone makeup, using very unconvincing blackface rather than Negroes.
These days, that kind of stuff would be excruciatingly embarrassing, much as watching Steppin Fetchit and Amos'n'Andy is.
Trans and Intersex people though are fair game. Literally to some, many get shot every year, they have 17 times the chance of being murdered compared with the rest of the population.
Here's the reality, as shown by a recent scientific survey of over 6000 Trans people in the US
Respondents were nearly four times more likely to live in extreme poverty, with household income of less than $10,000.
Respondents were twice as likely to be unemployed compared to the population as a whole. Half of those surveyed reported experiencing harassment or other mistreatment in the workplace, and one in four were fired because of their gender identity or expression.
While discrimination was pervasive for the entire sample, it was particularly pronounced for people of color. African-American transgender respondents fared far worse than all others in many areas studied.
Housing discrimination was also common. 19% reported being refused a home or apartment and 11% reported being evicted because of their gender identity or expression.
One in five respondents experienced homelessness because of their gender identity or expression.
An astonishing 41% of respondents reported attempting suicide, compared to only 1.6% of the general population.
Discrimination in health care and poor health outcomes were frequently experienced by respondents. 19% reported being refused care due to bias against transgender or gender-nonconforming people, with this figure even higher for respondents of color.
Harassment by law enforcement was reported by 22% of respondents and nearly half were uncomfortable seeking police assistance.
Despite the hardships they often face, transgender and gender non-conforming persons persevere. Over 78% reported feeling more comfortable at work and their performance improving after transitioning, despite the same levels of harassment in the workplace.
So GLAAD suffered an understandable sense-of-humour failure. Not exactly surprising.