xJuly 28th, 1995. Geraldo Rivera’s namesake talk show continues the phenomenon of teenage boys wanting to transition their gender, audience members react.
“This is a question for the whole panel. What was wrong with being a boy?”
An audience member starts us off saying those on the panel look easy — do they really think that’s how American women dress? Ariel Sinclar is an entertainer from Rhode Island, she stands up to defend, saying these girls need support. The questions try to find out what the audience wants to know: what was so bad about being a boy that you didn’t want to do it anymore? John, in the audience, was born a man but has clearly been taking hormones. He says Nikki or others can get an operation if they want, but it’s not what will make them happy. John says they need to come to the grips with the fact that they’ll never be a women — Jahna Steele disagrees.
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