ABSTRACT
We are all familiar with the war between the sexes. Less well known is another struggle playing across the world, involving transgendered people (TGs) ranged against elements in their respective mainstream societies. In some places (e.g., Hong Kong), the struggle is quite polite, even muted. In others (e.g., the United States and United Kingdom), it is loud and energetic. It is fought in newspapers, magazines, committees, tribunals, and courts. In the United Kingdom, it has been fought on television screens, where viewers have for some time been able to follow the fortunes of Hayley, a male-to-female transgender (MtF TG) on their favourite soap, Coronation Street. A similar drama has been played out in the United States on the set of Ally McBeale.
