Comments on: Tyra offers ANTM contest sex reassignment surgery http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/tyra-offers-antm-contest-sex-reassignment-surgery/ Enjoying pop culture with a feminist lens Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Links from the Mind of Genevieve | the Hathor Legacy http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/tyra-offers-antm-contest-sex-reassignment-surgery/#comment-195 Links from the Mind of Genevieve | the Hathor Legacy Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:50:59 +0000 http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-195 [...] Bitca of What a Crazy Random Happenstance writes about Tyra Banks’ offering of gender reassignment surgery to Isis King, the transgendered contestant on America’s Next Top [...] [...] Bitca of What a Crazy Random Happenstance writes about Tyra Banks’ offering of gender reassignment surgery to Isis King, the transgendered contestant on America’s Next Top [...]

]]> By: Elliott http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/tyra-offers-antm-contest-sex-reassignment-surgery/#comment-193 Elliott Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:07:26 +0000 http://mzbitca.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-193 I was amazed at how respectfully it was handled. All the judges (Tyra, the Jays, the photographer, etc) treated it like it didn't even matter -- and the photographer, in an outside interview, pointed out that fabulous transwomen making it big in modeling is NOT news inside the industry. One or two of the girls were really scornful -- and the first one to be kicked off was OPENLY hateful and catty, I was so glad to see her go -- but several were friendly, and one, who's made the final three (I haven't watched the last ep yet), was everything one could ever dream of in an ally. Supportive, friendly, open, and even kept Isis company and in good spirits while she injected her estrogen. I was amazed at how respectfully it was handled. All the judges (Tyra, the Jays, the photographer, etc) treated it like it didn’t even matter — and the photographer, in an outside interview, pointed out that fabulous transwomen making it big in modeling is NOT news inside the industry.

One or two of the girls were really scornful — and the first one to be kicked off was OPENLY hateful and catty, I was so glad to see her go — but several were friendly, and one, who’s made the final three (I haven’t watched the last ep yet), was everything one could ever dream of in an ally. Supportive, friendly, open, and even kept Isis company and in good spirits while she injected her estrogen.

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