Wed, 22 January 2014
From Laverne Cox to Albert Nobbs (and this isn't even a sex episode!), psychotherapist Jayson Peterson, AMFT, joins Debonee to talk about images of transgender people in pop culture. We'll explore the good, the bad and the ugly attitudes that are reflected in TV and film, including "Orange is the New Black" (a given); "The Crying Game"; the problem with the Big Reveal; transphobia, homophobia and violence against transwomen; "Transamerica"; genitals versus gender identity; "Ma Vie en Rose", "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; just the angry inch itself; "Boys Don't Cry"; pronouns; transmisogyny; and more... |