Coronation Street - An unlikely guiding light

We often see comment here about some of the more repellent representations of the Transgender community on TV. However...

Back in 1997 what started as a joke in bad taste came to be one of the most subtly effective support campaigns we could have hoped for.
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/oct/23/coronation-street-hayley-cropper-changed-soaps
It also reinforces Nancy Cole's recent comments about the impact of good storytelling on public perception.

Persephone

P.S. For those of you who have never heard of it 'Coronation Street' is a British institution. It is a soap opera that has run continuously since 1960 and to this day has the highest ratings for an ongoing series.