another links post - queer stuff not about the TA shooting
The "America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan acted like an utter bigot, but unfortunately Feministing missed what, exactly, the problem was. It wasn't homophobia or racism, it was transphobia, though he tried to deflect from his transphobia by suggesting that he's racially enlightened in that "Obama is okay now why can't those ghetto-rats all act
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Also, I think transphobia and homophobia overlap in lots of places, and I think drag queens definitely have the misfortune of being in one of those places. Still, feministing should have mentioned both transphobia and homophobia--also, they have kind of a crappy record on trans issues. (There was a big feminist blogs blow-up not too long ago, if I recall.)
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