John Oliver's Discussion Of Cultural Acceptance In Popular Culture

John Oliver's observations changed my views on this issue dramatically and refuted my strong belief that decades of more open discussion of transgender persons' problems by popular media managed to ensure their cultural acceptance in the same way as educative attempts made by media over last decades helped to reduce cultural prejudices against bisexuals or homosexuals. This comedian also challenged my belief that decades of discussion of this issue by media would inevitably result in substantial increase in awareness about transgender people and their needs. Nevertheless, contrary to my beliefs, many people who regularly appear on television still lack basic knowledge about transgender people what in turn demonstrates that American popular culture is still not ready to treat all people equally without regard to their gender identity.
experienced a substantial cultural progress and that even if some discrimination remains, it will inevitably decline since popular culture will no longer demonize transgender people. However, after watching John Oliver's show, I researched other sources and saw that even cultural hostility against transgender people has not disappeared and is still being promoted by some school administrations and governments of some states what also correlated with an increased number of hate crimes against such persons, specifically murders (Strangio). In such a way, Oliver's remarks were also instrumental in undermining my belief that the last decades were a period of progress and improved cultural acceptance for such vulnerable minorities as transgender