This pervasive negative attitude directed at the transgender community is not only wrong, it is harmful. When people are treated as disgusting, when they are treated as walking jokes, it robs these people of the respect and decency that every person deserves. And when a public figure such as David Letterman makes jokes like these, it validates people’s negative beliefs about an already misunderstood community. It allows people to see transgender individuals as less than human. And that is harmful.
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