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Karl Stefanovic
I was browsing FB and saw reference to Karl Stefanovic and a slur he made regarding the trans community. I watched the apology, URL at the bottom and then the original segment.
While I think the original comment was indeed a casually insulting observation I feel his apology was genuine.
. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-29/karl-stefanovic-apologises-for-offensive-transvestite-slur/7672266 -
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I agree with your assessment Claire. In the reports I read there was also a reference to the Democratic National Convention. I had a look, it seems that there were 600 LGBTIQ official delegates at the DNC and of these 28 were openly transgender. It may not seem many but there were more Transgender delegates at the DNC than Black delegates at the RNC.
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Hi Clair,
This a very important post for a few reasons. Thank you very much for uploading the two videos.
It’s important on a couple of levels. Firstly, I note during Carl’s apology he states that he had heard from friends that were part of the GLBTQI community and that he did not understand of the offence or hurt he had caused due to his sense of humour. I guess that may mean that Carl is actually acceptant of all people due to the friends he has. Secondly, It’s great that the issue gets air time and, as you say, a genuine apology was made to the community. I’m so glad to see this happen. Who knows, maybe because Channel 9s switchboard may have run hot with calls, or an abundance of messages on social media to 9, the producers may have sat down and realised the, unintentional, damage the original comments made. (Nice to know senior executives of a media station have enough common sense to see where an injustice needed to be corrected)
