Yesterday, transgender woman and writer Janet Mock was excited for her interview with Piers Morgan Live on CNN. But when the segment, entitled "From Boy To Girl," aired last night, Mock apparently realized that it wasn't quite as positive as she'd been led to believe. Now Mock's supporters and trans advocates are outraged — but apparently, not as outraged as Morgan himself.
Morgan led the interview by describing Mock as "born a boy," and described her as "becom[ing] a woman" in young adulthood. On Twitter, as the interview aired, he described her as "formerly a man." Most transgender women and men identify as their gender throughout their lives, so to describe them as having previously been a different gender is generally considered offensive. Mock minced no words about how Morgan's error made her feel: Read more...
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