http://glaadblog.org/2009/11/05/seventeen-meets-with-glaad-to-address-transphobic-article-in-november-issue/ A project of GLAAD Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://glaadblog.org/2009/11/05/seventeen-meets-with-glaad-to-address-transphobic-article-in-november-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 GLAAD Responds to Bilerico and The Cleveland Show : glaadBLOG.org Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:19:49 +0000 http://glaadblog.org/?p=15123#comment-1337 [...] this month Seventeen magazine released a letter to readers after our Director of National News sat down with editors about their article “My BOYFRIEND [...] [...] this month Seventeen magazine released a letter to readers after our Director of National News sat down with editors about their article “My BOYFRIEND [...]

]]> http://glaadblog.org/2009/11/05/seventeen-meets-with-glaad-to-address-transphobic-article-in-november-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Just How Will Seventeen Apologize For Scaring Girls Away From Trans Guys? / Queerty Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:58 +0000 http://glaadblog.org/?p=15123#comment-1267 [...] Relays GLAAD with glee: In Wednesday’s meeting, the editors – including Jessica Press, who directly edited the piece in question, and Editor in Chief Ann Shoket – expressed their sincere regret about the problematic portions of the coverage. They explained that in trying to stay as true to Sheri’s story as possible, they had not considered the necessity of discussing transgender issues, or the common uncertainty transgender people face in deciding when and how to safely and respectfully share their who they are with romantic partners, because Sheri had not used the word transgender in relating her own experience to them. They also expressed regret for using a sidebar to compare Sheri’s story to lurid and unrelated break-up stories. [...] [...] Relays GLAAD with glee: In Wednesday’s meeting, the editors – including Jessica Press, who directly edited the piece in question, and Editor in Chief Ann Shoket – expressed their sincere regret about the problematic portions of the coverage. They explained that in trying to stay as true to Sheri’s story as possible, they had not considered the necessity of discussing transgender issues, or the common uncertainty transgender people face in deciding when and how to safely and respectfully share their who they are with romantic partners, because Sheri had not used the word transgender in relating her own experience to them. They also expressed regret for using a sidebar to compare Sheri’s story to lurid and unrelated break-up stories. [...]

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