A little while back I posted about comedian Stephen Colbert's candidacy for president. I did this without really knowing that much about him--I've seen his show only once or twice. Now I find out that he regularly makes fun of transgender people.
I discovered this from a post by Julia Serano on the Trans Group Blog. I recently got her book, Whipping Girl, which has been garnering a lot of praise on the My Husband Betty discussion boards. Now all I have to do is find the time to read it.
Getting back to Colbert, it's not just him. The transgendered are about the last minority group that's still pretty safe to make fun of, without being thought of as politically incorrect. Well, us and overweight people.
Come to think of it, I'm in both groups.
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