Sometimes, I don't see the apples and oranges of my statement to the Op of this thread, that the media is putting more attention on putting crossdressing into their programming. I would not be surprised that it will include a lot of humor, just as Milton Berle and Flip Wilson did so many years ago. One does not have to be a German to portray a German in a movie and the same goes for a crossdresser in a serious role or even a TS. Yes, it would be nice that a real German would be used as well as a real Crossdresser and TS. However, that is not always possible, sometimes because of the need to star power to assist in the selling of the movie or program and also the need to pick a qualified person with the right looks, personality and acting skills to portray the character as the Directors and Producers want. Yes, some may also not yet want to deal with the real thing, which needs to change.

Many here do not like humor or sarcasm to be part of the CD or TS roles and I can understand that. However, we never portrayed gays and lesbians in any type of programing or movies many years ago. Now, they bring that other and real element to the big and small screens. Modern Family is a good example of this, and in my opinion works even when they over emphasize the gay stereotypes for humor. A lot of statements about gays in our life are being made in every episode along with the humor and sarcasm. It all helps to get who we are and what we do out there to the mass general public.

I do disagree that much of the population does not like us. I believe that they just don't understand us and have had little or no interaction or experiences with us. Therefore, they are not going to go out of their way to get to know and hopefully accept us, thus they ignore us. Lack of knowledge about something not mainstream makes people hesitant to even try to understand it. As for liking or not, some people just do not like change in any shape or form. They usually and eventually get on board, at least a little bit, when they find that all their acquaintances don't let that new thing bother them.