The actress is certainly not the first celebrity to use the slur. Lance Bass, Kelly Osbourne and Neil Patrick Harris all came under fire for using the term at one point or another and all three stars almost immediately offered apologies. In fact, Bass and Osbourne each wrote blogs calling for an end to the use of the word in the wake of outrage from the queer community. Though transgender issues and people are gaining more and more visibility in mainstream media, thanks to figures like Orange Is The New Black actress and activist Laverne Cox and RuPauls Drag Race star and Elite model Carmen Carrera, among others, the conversation between Sidibe and Hall is a sobering reminder of how many people remain uneducated when it comes to the transgender community.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:44:02 +0000
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