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09-05-2016, 12:00 PM
TV host's award **mination for transphobic slur apology attracts backlash
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The Ho**ur Awards ack**wledge those who have made contributions to the LGBTQ community in Australia, and the organisation behind them, Aurora Group (http://www.auroragroup.com.au/), an**unced on Monday that The Today Show's Karl Stefa**vic is a finalist in the media category.*
Why? Stefa**vic was listed as a finalist because of "his ground breaking and earnest apology to the transgender community following unfortunate comments made on the Today show, and also for a subsequent 60 Minutes piece on young transgender people," according to a statement online (http://www.acon.org.au/2016/09/#finalists-an**unced-for-2016-ho**ur-awards).
SEE ALSO: News host apologises for transphobic slur on Australian television (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/australian-journalist-defamatory-remarks/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/05/karl-stefa**vic-award-apology/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Ho**ur Awards ack**wledge those who have made contributions to the LGBTQ community in Australia, and the organisation behind them, Aurora Group (http://www.auroragroup.com.au/), an**unced on Monday that The Today Show's Karl Stefa**vic is a finalist in the media category.*
Why? Stefa**vic was listed as a finalist because of "his ground breaking and earnest apology to the transgender community following unfortunate comments made on the Today show, and also for a subsequent 60 Minutes piece on young transgender people," according to a statement online (http://www.acon.org.au/2016/09/#finalists-an**unced-for-2016-ho**ur-awards).
SEE ALSO: News host apologises for transphobic slur on Australian television (http://mashable.com/2016/07/27/australian-journalist-defamatory-remarks/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/05/karl-stefa**vic-award-apology/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Karl Stefa**vic (http://mashable.com/category/karl-stefa**vic/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Lgbt Issues (http://mashable.com/category/lgbt-issues/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Lgbtq (http://mashable.com/category/lgbtq/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Australia (http://mashable.com/category/australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Entertainment (http://mashable.com/entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/OajsmkN33Lg