Women's Studies Journal-JB

On Oprah yesterday, March 6, 2007, Oprah interviewed wives who had been married for years before deciding to come out to their husbands. One story in particular had the entire audience in shock. Chris had been married for seven years, living the American dream with a husband, Joe, and two kids, and one day she decided she was being untrue to herself. She came out to her husband and told him that she was a lesbian. The couple tried to work things out, but eventually they divorced. Four years after the divorce, and this was the shocking part, Joe came out that he, too, was gay. Chris and Joe had gotten married, despite feeling for the same sex because they wanted to be a part of the American dream. One has to question, is the dream even a reality?

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On The Tyra Banks show yesterday, February 20, 2007, Tyra featured transgendered teenagers. I found the show to be very interesting. Most of the teens interviewed were part of a documentary, Odd Ones Out. I didn't catch all of the interviews, but I was moved by how courageous these teenagers were. To be born into the "wrong gender" is something I can't imagine going through. I was also moved by the compassion of these people's families. While it was a shock to the parents to hear that their daughters/sons wanted to trade genders at first, one father described it as mourning the death of a child, they have learned to accept it. Regardless of gender, a child is still a child, a person is still the person that they always have been. I think that this is a concept that more people need to accept.

http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/show_recaps/yesterday_recap.html

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