The American Horror Story and Precious Actress Gabourey Sidibe has been receiving back lash for her excessive use of the slur ‘tranny’ and the Transgender comity has some words; hit the jump for more!
Actress Gabourey Sidibe visited the Arsenio Hall show, and while joking and explaining a story involving a transgendered being arrested in New Orleans, the actress used the slur ‘Tranny’ many times, in less than a minute, to which she is now receiving much backlash for!
Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality has stated in response to Sidibe, amongst many others:
Using the word ‘tranny’ isn’t OK anymore. Using it to make fun of people is definitely not OK. And using it to make fun of any kind of violence is just plain wrong. I know she meant it in fun but that’s the problem in this case. It’s not just that she used the word ‘tranny’ but that she’s making fun of violence in a city where the police have a history of committing violence and discrimination against trans women of color. It’s the kind of thing that trans people listen to and say, ‘This is someone who is not thinking about our lives. This is someone who is making fun of our problems.’ Gabby is someone who has approached lots of different social issues with grace and class and so this is just such a disappointment.
The actress has apologized since the incident, taking to her twitter account and admitting that she was ignorant for her “poor choice of words” and “making light of a bad situation”.
**check out the Arsenio Hall clip below and let us know what you think**
