{"id":18311,"date":"2015-04-30T04:28:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/op-ed-the-jenner-special-was-trans-experience-as-spectacle\/"},"modified":"2015-04-30T04:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T08:28:52","slug":"op-ed-the-jenner-special-was-trans-experience-as-spectacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/op-ed-the-jenner-special-was-trans-experience-as-spectacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed: The Jenner Special Was Trans Experience as Spectacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Op-ed: The Jenner Special Was Trans Experience as Spectacle<\/b><br \/>\n<!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>While the Bruce Jenner special was sensitive and educational, it still reduces transgender issues to the spectacle of celebrity transitions instead of discrimination, intolerance, and violence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2015\/04\/30\/op-ed-jenner-special-was-trans-experience-spectacle\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riki Wilchins<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2015\/04\/30\/op-ed-jenner-special-was-trans-experience-spectacle\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2015\/04\/30\/op-ed-jenner-special-was-trans-experience-spectacle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op-ed: The Jenner Special Was Trans Experience as Spectacle While the Bruce Jenner special was sensitive and educational, it still reduces transgender issues to the spectacle of celebrity transitions instead of discrimination, intolerance, and violence. read more Riki Wilchins <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2015\/04\/30\/op-ed-jenner-special-was-\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.advocate.com\/commentary\/2015\/04\/30\/op-ed-jenner-special-was-<\/a><a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a>-experience-spectacle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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