11:55 am - 06/12/2012
On June 11th, 2012 - TLC aired an episode of their hit show "Cake Boss". The episode was named, "Bar Mitzvah, Beads & Oh Baby!" featuring special guest, Carmen Carrera.
Carmen is best known from the show "RuPaul's Drag Race" on Logo and has since become an activist for the Transgendered community (shortly announcing her transition after a special episode of "What Would You Do?" on ABC).
In the "What Would You Do" episode, Carmen speaks out about transgendered people and the struggles they encounter on a daily basis.
She is also appearing at the San Fransisco Pride Parade as the Grand Marshall due to her work as an activist for the LGBT community.
The plot of the episode was to use Carmen to lure one of the bakery's employees to flirt with her as a prank. Before filming, Carmen educated producers on what terms to use and what phrases would not be offensive, i.e. "Carmen was BORN male" or "Carmen is a transgendered woman". Producers AGREED to respect her wishes, however, when the show aired it was a blatant "THAT'S A MAN" moment - very reminiscent of (trashy) shows like Jerry Springer or Maury.
This is what Carmen said about the whole thing last night/this morning.
And people have been blowing Buddy's Facebook up since last night as well. Here's a taste:
Edited to add tweet from cast member
There's a Change.Org petition for Buddy to apologize
Carmen's Facebook
Cake Boss Facebook
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Insults Carmen Carrera and Trans community
On June 11th, 2012 - TLC aired an episode of their hit show "Cake Boss". The episode was named, "Bar Mitzvah, Beads & Oh Baby!" featuring special guest, Carmen Carrera.
Carmen is best known from the show "RuPaul's Drag Race" on Logo and has since become an activist for the Transgendered community (shortly announcing her transition after a special episode of "What Would You Do?" on ABC).
In the "What Would You Do" episode, Carmen speaks out about transgendered people and the struggles they encounter on a daily basis.
She is also appearing at the San Fransisco Pride Parade as the Grand Marshall due to her work as an activist for the LGBT community.
The plot of the episode was to use Carmen to lure one of the bakery's employees to flirt with her as a prank. Before filming, Carmen educated producers on what terms to use and what phrases would not be offensive, i.e. "Carmen was BORN male" or "Carmen is a transgendered woman". Producers AGREED to respect her wishes, however, when the show aired it was a blatant "THAT'S A MAN" moment - very reminiscent of (trashy) shows like Jerry Springer or Maury.
This is what Carmen said about the whole thing last night/this morning.
And people have been blowing Buddy's Facebook up since last night as well. Here's a taste:
Edited to add tweet from cast member
There's a Change.Org petition for Buddy to apologize
Carmen's Facebook
Cake Boss Facebook
Edited at 2012-06-12 04:27 pm (UTC)
I really hope she learns from this and understand the Media is not the transcommunities friend.
There in lies the catalyst for this whole friggin' mess. I love Carmen and this will be a good learning lesson for her. If she knew this going in there is no way any good could have come from this.
Or maybe I'm just expecting too much.