http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7627/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/if-its-thursday-it-must-be-transsexuality <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> William Van Meter on the transsexual trend: &quot;Not since the glam era of the 1970s has gender-bending so saturated the news media. The difference now is that mystery has been replaced with empowerment, even pride.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>If it's Thursday, it must be transsexuality. The front of the Style section has long been a display counter for Manhattan-stamped cultural shock items, and the front of Thursday's section featured a story (with photos of course) by William Van Meter on the hipster appeal of cross-dressing: "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/fashion/09TRANS.html?sq=william%20van%20meter&amp;st=cse&amp;scp=1&amp;pagewanted=all">Bold Crossings of the Gender Line</a>."<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/if-its-thursday-it-must-be-transsexuality" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch crossdressing liberalmediabias NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias TimesWatch Transsexuality WilliamVanMeter Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:04:00 +0000 admin 7976 at http://archive2.mrc.org