Transgender

Pittsburgh 'News' Room, Lobbyists Demand Columnist Firing for 'Jenner Still a Mister' Piece
By Tim Graham | June 10, 2015 | 1:46 PM EDT

Stating an anti-transgender opinion is close to forbidden in today’s “news” pages and “news” rooms, especially after the Bruce Jenner fawning frenzy. Exhibit A? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Jennifer Graham (no relation to me) wrote a column truthfully titled “Caitlyn Jenner is still a mister.” 

JimRomenesko.com notes Jay Brown of the so-called Human Rights Campaign demanded she be fired for “hate speech, plain and simple." The Post-Gazette "news" room erupted with demands for a byline strike until Graham was fired. 

Bob Costas: ESPN 'Courage' Award to Jenner Is 'Crass Exploitation,' a 'Tabloid Play'
By Melissa Mullins | June 10, 2015 | 10:08 AM EDT

On the Dan Patrick radio show, NBC sportscaster Bob Costas said "I wish Caitlyn Jenner well" in finding a comfortable identity, but said “Awarding the Arthur Ashe award to Caitlyn Jenner is just a crass exploitation play… It’s a tabloid play." 

Bozell & Graham Column: Bowing to the Big Lie of Bruce Jenner
By Brent Bozell | and By Tim Graham | June 5, 2015 | 12:05 PM EDT

The story of Bruce Jenner declaring against human reality that he’s a woman was already a tired old story, exhausted last month in a one-hour prime time ABC “news” special. But that's not how the grand poohbahs of our news and entertainment media see it. They can't get enough.

We know -- everyone knows -- Vanity Fair magazine rolled out a new cover of Bruce Jenner gaudily underdressed as a woman with the headline “Call Me Caitlyn.” Not a cover story, mind you, just a cover image. The media went bananas. ABC, CBS, and NBC offered more than 48 minutes of coverage in two days, as if Jenner was now the Queen of America.

ESPN Defends Decision to Give Courage Award to Jenner in Lieu of Someone Deserving
By Jack Coleman | June 4, 2015 | 7:49 PM EDT

Perhaps you've seen it -- the photo of Noah Galloway, a double-amputee veteran of the Iraq war and crowd-pleasing contestant on Dancing With the Stars, with this caption -- "Caitlyn Jenner won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. The runner up was this guy: Army Veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq, and now competes in Crossfit events, runs marathons, and competed in the 58-hour Death Race."

The photo went viral across social media after ESPN announced on Monday that it will present an ESPY Award to '76 Olympic decathlon winner, Kardashian stepdad and miracle of makeup artistry formerly known as Bruce Jenner.

Sally Kohn: ‘I Want My Daughter to Copy the Caitlyn Jenner Model of Femininity’
By Katie Yoder | June 4, 2015 | 3:32 PM EDT

Caitlyn Jenner wins out over Kim Kardashian in femininity, according to one media pundit.

The CNN political commentator and Daily Beast writer stated “I Want My Daughter to Copy the Caitlyn Jenner Model of Femininity” – “not the Kardashian one” – in the headline of a June 3 piece for Elle. Kohn “imagine[d] a day” where parents would “counsel” their little boys and girls to “be more like Caitlyn Jenner.”

WashPost Writer Takes Credit for Pro-Jenner-Lecturing 'Twitterbot'
By Tim Graham | June 3, 2015 | 1:52 PM EDT

Washington Post reporter Caitlin Dewey isn’t just a correspondent. She’s an activist. To the delight of other journalists, Dewey revealed online on Tuesday that she created a hectoring “Twitter-bot” to shame anyone who referred to Bruce Jenner as a “he” on Twitter during the gushy "God, I admire you" wave of Vanity Fair coverage. 

Dewey's tweeting automaton lectured anyone who referred to Bruce Jenner as a "he" -- even when Jenner insisted he was a "he" -- as in the first 65 years of his life, up until the ABC "News" special. Somehow it's "misgendering" to describe Jenner as he wanted in that time frame? 

Nets Spend 48 Minutes on Jenner’s Cover, Skip Obama's Bad News
By Jeffrey Meyer | June 3, 2015 | 11:39 AM EDT

Since Vanity Fair unveiled its cover featuring Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn Jenner on Monday afternoon, the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) networks have gone over the top in their promotion of the story, giving it a whopping 48 minutes and 25 seconds of coverage (Monday night through Wednesday morning) -- while omitting several damaging stories regarding President Obama’s policy agenda.

CNN Experts Insist Conservatives Don't See Transgenders As 'Human Beings'
By Connor Williams | June 3, 2015 | 11:08 AM EDT

In reaction to Bruce Jenner's transition and Mike Huckabee’s controversial comments on transgenderism and gender-neutral bathrooms, a panel of CNN experts ripped the former Arkansas governor for his supposed insensitivity. The June 2 edition of OutFront featured Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon and HLN host Dr. Drew Pinsky, and they both lambasted Huckabee repeatedly by insinuating that he doesn’t view transgender people as human beings. 

Jose Diaz-Balart Slobbers Over Jenner Transition In Plea for Tolerance
By Connor Williams | June 2, 2015 | 4:03 PM EDT

The media’s outpouring of positive headlines regarding Bruce ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner’s transition to a woman continued on the June 2 edition of The Rundown. Host Jose Diaz Balart interviewed transgender activist Michael Silverman on the subject, and they both lauded her physical appearance. Toward the end of the conversation, Balart went over the top, using Jenner’s transition to voice his concerns about tolerance: 

Shock: CNN Features Former Transgender in Jenner Coverage
By Matthew Balan | June 2, 2015 | 3:56 PM EDT

On Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello surprisingly interviewed a man who "transitioned" to being a woman, but reversed the cosmetic process after eight years. Costello respectfully interviewed Walt Heyer, even as she touted how Bruce Jenner "true to form...is breaking records – becoming the fastest Twitter account to reach one million followers," after he made his debut as "Caitlyn."

Chris Matthews 'I May Not Go That Far' to Call 'Caitlyn' Jenner 'Stunning,' 'Beautiful'
By Ken Shepherd | June 1, 2015 | 9:11 PM EDT

Wrapping up a gushy panel segment hailing Bruce Jenner's transition to "Caitlyn," a transgendered woman, MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews hailed the importance of being "good about these things" and affirming the life choices made by persons like Bruce Jenner with gender identification issues. At that, guests Eugene Robinson and Jennice Fuentes hailed Jenner as "beautiful" and "stunning" respectively. Matthews made sure to toss back, "I may not go that far" but quickly added, "but I do appreciate your taste."

People Mag Cover Story Hypes 'Elated' Bruce Jenner After ABC 'I Am Woman' Interview
By Tim Graham | May 2, 2015 | 5:41 PM EDT

For the second time in five weeks, People magazine put Bruce Jenner on the cover, and since announcing “I am a woman” on national television -- a "bombshell interview" -- the cover said he’s “Living as a woman every day – and feeling ‘elated’.”

Inside, People gushed about Jenner’s “long journey to self-acceptance.” A photo caption recalled how Jenner told Diane Sawyer “Maybe this is my cause in life...this is why God put me on this earth – to deal with this issue.”