Sometimes karma moves fast--transphobic radio hosts in Rochester, NY [View all]

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So recently Rochester introduced health benefits for trans-gendered public employees that includes things like hormone replacement therapy, gender reassignment surgery and psychological services. A morning show on 98.9 hosted by "Kimberly and Beck" responded yesterday by having a 12 minute diatribe on trans-individuals that was just incredibly ugly.

When people complained, Kimberly took to Twitter to claim her right to Freedom of Speech.

What happened next was just incredible. A quick timeline:

Morning - offending segment on radio

Afternoon - Backlash begins. Host take to Twitter.

Evening - Kimberly and Beck suspended indefinitely

This morning - Kimberly and Beck fired

The parent corp posted the following:

"This morning Entercom fired Kimberly and Beck effective immediately. Their hateful comments against the transgender community do not represent our station or our company. We deeply apologize to the transgender community, the community of Rochester, and anyone else who was offended by their hateful comments. We are proud of our past work on behalf of the local LGBT community and we remain committed to that partnership."

Sue Munn Vice-President/General Manager Entercom Rochester


Sometimes the proper response is quick in coming. You can read the whole story and listen to the offending segment at:

http://www.towleroad.com/2014/05/rochfired.html