One of my corporate media secrets is that I am a fan of ABC's dramas--particularly "Ugly Betty," "Desparate Housewives," and I'm taking a liking to "Men in Trees." This weeks episodes of "Ugly Betty" featured a new transsexual character and entered into the same old same jokes about pronouns, stereotypes about cunning, and media hype about trans issues. I wonder when corporate TV will be ready to deal with trans issues without villanizing trans characteres? It's interesting to watch corporate TV deal with queer issues in a more sophisticated way, while maintaing some of the old heteronormative shit.
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