Summary of "Skirt Chasers"

In Julia Serano's, "Skirt Chasers", she discusses how the media portrays the transgender community. More often than not, this is done in a negative way showing the transgenders as villains in disguise and fake both in mainstream media and movies alike. In the movies, they are commonly shown putting on their makeup, feminine attire, etc. One can only draw the conclusion that this only serves to emphasize their fakeness. This also seems to please the public because it depicts the stereotypes becoming true, thus they feel they are right. Oddly the media has only covered male to female transgenders which has led many to believe that there are no transsexual men. However, this is not true as they are "relatively equal" in numbers. The idea that there is no trans men isn't limited to the media either. There are some feminist groups that share the view and have banned transsexual women from their events but, allow drag kings and like to perform at the events. With the limited support they have in society, transgenders are discriminated against with sexist stereotypes that in other situations would be frowned upon.