Zoey Tur Professions : Journalist Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Zoey Tur 2014 was a good year for transgender rights. Zoey Tur year good transgender rights I love breaking news. And I was always trying to create the new, the next thing in television news. So I was the first to do overnight news. Zoey Tur new news love television In covering breaking news, there's no better way than using a helicopter. Zoey Tur helicopter better news way I'm not loved by GLAAD or by HRC. I'm not going to be a spokesman for those groups, which are based on fundraising. Zoey Tur which those going loved Everything about the Kardashian family's public image centers around shock and dysfunction - the very image the trans people are trying to shed. Zoey Tur everything family trying people Television has played an important role in normalizing the experiences of gay men and lesbians in America. Zoey Tur gay important men television If what the transgender movement seeks is acceptance, association with the Kardashian circus is the last thing it needs. Zoey Tur last transgender circus acceptance While television can help normalize the lives of marginalized people, it also can exploit their hardships and reinforce stereotypes, reducing their lives to mere entertainment. Zoey Tur hardships stereotypes help people There's diversity in nature, so why not the media? Zoey Tur why diversity media nature Transgender people really are misunderstood. Zoey Tur transgender misunderstood people When I saw that Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, I was dumbfounded! Why would Google get into bed with thieves? They've built a huge audience on the backs of copyright holders - and then they say I have to monitor them? Zoey Tur they-say youtube say bed Instead of doing what everybody else does and sue the city of Los Angeles, I decided I was going to run for mayor. Zoey Tur going city doing run I tell the truth. That's my training as a reporter. Zoey Tur reporter tell training truth I'm not going to lie to people. Zoey Tur going lie people I know the way this city works. We have one of the most corrupt cities in the country. The reason it's so corrupt is because everybody thinks it's honest, and it's not. You know the truth when you go to Chicago. The difference here in Los Angeles is you believe it's honest - and that's dangerous. Zoey Tur city you truth believe One thing I quickly discovered as a female pilot - ditch the heels! Zoey Tur ditch pilot heels one-thing When I was going through transition, I didn't push it on everyone. Zoey Tur going everyone push through If someone asks about sexual reassignment surgery, you are supposed to say, 'Why are we talking about that?' But I am a post-op transsexual. And I am a reporter. If you can explain and talk about it, you demystify it. And if you demystify it, it's not an issue. Zoey Tur i-am someone you talking The Jewish Orthodox community is playing footsie with the alt-right. Zoey Tur jewish playing orthodox community I always felt like a fraud. Zoey Tur like always fraud felt Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors
