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January 3rd, 2012, 04:53 AM
On January 3, ABC is set to premiere the new comedy Work It, a sitcom about two men who dress as women to secure employment. During a period in which the transgender community now routinely finds itself in the cultural crosshairs, the timing couldn’t be worse for a show based on the notion that men dressed as women is inherently funny. In fact, shows like this have the power to put the transgender community in an even more dangerous position.
While the show’s pilot 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.
-GLAAD
Seen commercials for it recently, Pretty much a ridiculous show in my opinion. Seems the network is just making it easier to mock people whose gender identity and expression are different than the one they were assigned at birth. Transphobia is still all too prevalent in our society and this show will only contribute to it. It will reinforce the mistaken belief that transgender women are simply ‘men pretending to be women,’ and that their efforts to live their lives authentically as women are a form of lying or deception.
I Thoguht ABC was pretty accepting to the LGBT community.
While the show’s pilot 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.
-GLAAD
Seen commercials for it recently, Pretty much a ridiculous show in my opinion. Seems the network is just making it easier to mock people whose gender identity and expression are different than the one they were assigned at birth. Transphobia is still all too prevalent in our society and this show will only contribute to it. It will reinforce the mistaken belief that transgender women are simply ‘men pretending to be women,’ and that their efforts to live their lives authentically as women are a form of lying or deception.
I Thoguht ABC was pretty accepting to the LGBT community.