Dear Media

Dear Media,

Can you please stop emphasizing the word "transgender" when you describe someone? It's clear you want to make sure the viewer knows the person(s) you're talking about is transgender, but it's unnecessary and blatantly and intentionally demeaning.

It is just as easy use the word without the emphasis and still get the story across, and you come across as a human being not discriminating against a class of people by trying to isolate them with a word. They don't need it and you shouldn't do it.

Telling a story is one thing, and yes, if it's about transgender people, fine use the word as it is, an adjective not a noun. But then keep the emphasis to yourself, don't expressly emphasize it for the sake of the story. Transgender people are people too.