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On Monday 14th March, Channel 4 signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with the UK organisation Trans Media Watch, pledging, among other things, 'to increase positive, well-informed representations of trans people in the media.'
A week later it emerged that Channel 4 planned to repeat Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor, a comedy special which features the first appearance of 'Geraldine McQueen' a character whose trans status is played for laughs in a way which many trans people find offensive and upsetting, on Saturday 26th March. 'Geraldine' is not a positive and well-informed representation of trans people. She is a caricature created by a non-trans comedian with the sole intention of getting an audience to laugh at her trans status.
By signing the Memorandum of Understanding, Channel 4 made a promise. By showing Peter Kay's hurtful misrepresentation of trans people less than a fortnight later, Channel 4 are demonstrating that their promise doesn't matter. Please sign below to let Channel 4 know we expect better: that we expect them to stand by the promise they made, by removing Britain's Got the Pop Factor from the schedules.
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March 23, 2011
I have spent the last few days reading your comments and I am overwhelmed by how many of you share this pain. Channel 4 still has not acknowledged our concerns but their silence only proves why this fight is necessary.
March 23, 2011
The momentum behind this request proves that many of you recognize how deeply these outdated caricatures hurt the trans community. It feels validating to see so many people demand that Channel Four finally honors the promises they made to us.
7 Comments
do better channel four. your promises mean nothing if you keep pushing this garbage
its 2016 we should be past this kind of lazy bullying humor
honestly so disappointed in C4 for this. it feels like they just dont care
every time i see this on tv it just makes me feel sick that people still think transphobia is okay as long as its a 'joke'
why do they keep showing stuff that mocks people just for existing? stop airing this rubbish
I was very very hurt by his transphobia
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
On Monday 14th March, Channel 4 signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with the UK organisation Trans Media Watch, pledging, among other things, 'to increase positive, well-informed representations of trans people in the media.'
A week later it emerged that Channel 4 planned to repeat Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor, a comedy special which features the first appearance of 'Geraldine McQueen' a character whose trans status is played for laughs in a way which many trans people find offensive and upsetting, on Saturday 26th March. 'Geraldine' is not a positive and well-informed representation of trans people. She is a caricature created by a non-trans comedian with the sole intention of getting an audience to laugh at her trans status.
By signing the Memorandum of Understanding, Channel 4 made a promise. By showing Peter Kay's hurtful misrepresentation of trans people less than a fortnight later, Channel 4 are demonstrating that their promise doesn't matter. Please sign below to let Channel 4 know we expect better: that we expect them to stand by the promise they made, by removing Britain's Got the Pop Factor from the schedules.
Updates
March 23, 2011
I have spent the last few days reading your comments and I am overwhelmed by how many of you share this pain. Channel 4 still has not acknowledged our concerns but their silence only proves why this fight is necessary.
March 23, 2011
The momentum behind this request proves that many of you recognize how deeply these outdated caricatures hurt the trans community. It feels validating to see so many people demand that Channel Four finally honors the promises they made to us.
7 Comments
NOT FUNNY. NEVER WAS.
do better channel four. your promises mean nothing if you keep pushing this garbage
its 2016 we should be past this kind of lazy bullying humor
honestly so disappointed in C4 for this. it feels like they just dont care
every time i see this on tv it just makes me feel sick that people still think transphobia is okay as long as its a 'joke'
why do they keep showing stuff that mocks people just for existing? stop airing this rubbish
I was very very hurt by his transphobia
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NOT FUNNY. NEVER WAS.