Infiltrating the Mainstream

I turned on the television this morning to a program called “TV Made Me Do It” and they were telling the story of a guy who dresses like a woman in order to add flamboyance to his life, and who wanted to try to sell a house dressed in a wild dress and 6-inch platform heels.

Flipping the channel, I came to a commercial for Family Guy, where he is dressed like a female prostitute…

Then, a commercial for popcorn, with a little girl sitting in her bedroom pretending to have a tea-party when her father and brother come in wanting to have some popcorn, and agree to put on a tutu and silly hat…

I was watching the 1968 Odd Couple movie when Oscar light-heartedly asks his friend for money, threatening if he doesn’t cough up, he’ll tell his wife he’s in Central Park wearing a dress.

These are a few examples that immediately come to mind of mainstream transgenderism all around. Can it be that it was always so and I just never noticed, or have things changed somewhat?

I know the Odd Couple quote is 40 years old, and of course, there’s the movie Some Like It Hot which was 9 years before that, but it seems to me that transgender stories are creeping into the newspapers and into current mainstream comedy with increasing frequency.

Or am I just more sensitive now that I am a t-girl?