Wed 8 Oct 2014 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Mayang Praseto One News has apologised for describing a murdered trans woman as a ‘she male’ in a tweet. The tweet was deleted soon after being sent out this morning, and One News says it's sorry for using the inappropriate term. Australian newspaper the Courier Mail is under fire for using the derogatory porn-derived description of murder victim Mayang Prasetyo on its front page. The Indonesian woman was killed, and then cooked, by her husband, in a heinous case in Brisbane. A petition on change.org is asking the paper to make a public apology for the story it’s headlined ‘Monster chef and the she male’ and ‘Ladyboy and the butcher’: Today it has run the following statement:
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Wednesday, 8th October 2014 - 8:54am