One thing that does bug me about the articles is that no trans women were actually interviewed about this.
It also makes it seem that things have actually gotten better for trans women because of this new attention. From a living the life perspective, "Tranny cumsluts 12" does nothing to improve my life. As long as the people watching it turn around and remain silent when legislation to provide equal treatment for trans women in employment,housing, and accommodation is allowed to degenerate into a discussion of the fears of cis women in the bathroom.
Also from another personal perspective, I have no investment in maintaining a man's identity as heterosexual. Getting freaked out and seeking validation of one's hetero-ness implies that something is wrong or bad about being perceived as gay. That is something the articles went way way way out of their way to assure, rather than address the underlying problem of anti-gay bias.
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