Actress Gabourey Sidibe repeatedly used a transphobic slur when she recently visited The Arsenio Hall Show to discuss living in
New Orleans.
The American Horror Story: Coven star said the word "tranny" no less than five times in under a minute when she appeared on the show on January 23, 2014.
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Gabourey Sidibe: There was a bar that we would frequent and every time we'd go, when we were leaving every single time there was always like a gang of cops arresting trannies.
Audience: [Laughter]
Sidibe: Specifically trannies.
Arsenio Hall: Yeah…
Sidibe: And I don't know what goes on with trannies but that tranny on tranny crime needs to stop!
Arsenio Hall and audience: [Laughter]
Sidibe [chuckling]: It is tearing our nation apart!
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Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told The Huffington Post:
Using the word 'tranny' isn't OK anymore. Using it to make fun of people is definitely not OK. And using it to make fun of any kind of violence is just plain wrong. I know she meant it in fun but that's the problem in this case. It's not just that she used the word 'tranny' but that she's making fun of violence in a city where the police have a history of committing violence and discrimination against trans women of color. It's the kind of thing that trans people listen to and say, 'This is someone who is not thinking about our lives. This is someone who is making fun of our problems.' Gabby is someone who has approached lots of different social issues with grace and class and so this is just such a disappointment.
A Mess. Sometimes its better to sometimes not comment on a group of people, if you have nothing to do with that group, even if you think its funny or whatever...
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