Analysis Of Chaz Bono Controversy: Dancing With The Stars

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Dancing with the Stars – Chaz Bono Controversy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=198k0ZfhI8g&list=PL03D830CF6E2DF076 Chaz Bono, today 45 years old is a transgender man. In 1995 he publicly identified himself as a lesbian to a famous gay and lesbian magazine called The Advocate after which from 2008 to 2010 he underwent gender transformation. The Chaz Bono Controversy video publicizes that he was the first transgender man to participate in a television show called Dancing with the Stars that had nothing to do with him being a transgender. He put forth some very significant LGBT issues acknowledged by a famous show on ABC channel called Good Morning America.
The book Race and Ethnic Relations describes the effect of gender or sexual orientation
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They felt ABC which is a family channel was trying to benefit politically by introducing a transgender participant. The campaign members commented, “ABC feels the need to be politically correct instead of creating a show as strictly a dance competition. ABC has crossed the line in pushing the LGBT agenda into what families would consider safe entertainment.” This mindset can be understood by the Conflict perspective on LGBT’s (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) described in the book Race and Ethnic Relations which states that any LGBT agenda and opposition to it is a struggle over power, prestige and economic resources. Clearly the campaign followers against Chaz were trying to prove that ABC was trying to benefit economically by introducing a transgender “controversy” and increasing viewership at the cost of families with children in it who would be watching the show. Another proof of the Conflict perspective on this issue was that in spite of Chaz’s comment, “I am going to talk about nothing but dancing on the show” he was questioned by the interviewer if he was self-consciously trying to promote a political agenda by participating in the

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