Episode 135: Only SVU Is Able to Backdoor in Some Kiddie Porn (S17E3 Transgender Bridge)

To say Law & Order: SVU's historic treatment of the transgender community is fraught with problems is an understatement of epic proportions, and this week's episode--S17E13 Transgender Bridge--makes, ummm, progress? Of course, it's incremental at best, and much of the ground gained is immediately lost by jamming the episode full of racial stereotyping that plays rough. 

This week's episode pushed the Munchie Boys so far out of their comfort zone that they brought in reinforcements in the form of a guest (for Munchies, this was an entirely separate bonus episode) with gracious trans listener Summer, who hopefully makes up for the two cishet honkies who host this weekly show and is more qualified to speak on how this episode still had a lot of work to do to get things right.

Hold onto your butts. This is a long one.

Sources:

Arrests by Age and Offense - The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Signs, Saints, and Symbols: Transgender Kids in Media are Not Here to Forgive You - Evelyn Deshane, bitchmedia

Music:

Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"

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Next Week’s Episode: Season 20, Episode 13 "A Story of More Woe"