LGBT News News segment on transgender people

resu · Apr 23, 2015

There was a segment interviewing transgender people on today's Newshour episode.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/breaking-common-misconceptions-gender

More Americans than ever know someone who is transgender. In a new survey by the Human Rights Campaign, 22 percent of survey respondents said they know or work with someone who is transgender, an increase from 17 percent last year. Those people also showed a much more positive outlook on the transgender community, with 66 percent expressing “favorable feelings” toward transgender people, as opposed to 13 percent of people who do not know a transgender person. But transgender identity is still widely misunderstood. We spoke with experts and activists within the transgender community to address some common misconceptions.
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Cedar · Apr 23, 2015

Thanks for sharing the article.

Minnie · Apr 25, 2015

"Gender, on the other hand, refers to traditional societal roles, behaviors and activities that men and women are expected to perform, according to Jay Brown, Director of Program Strategies at the Human Rights Campaign."

Well, they got that wrong.

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