Jimmy Kimmel's transphobic interview with Rebecca Romijn

Jimmy Kimmel recently did that funny parody of the Snickers ad which nicely poked fun at homophobia. Unfortunately, last night he reverted to 5th grade boy behavior while interviewing Rebecca Romijn who plays a transgendered character on Ugly Betty. Kimmel mocked transgendered people by showing photos of various transsexuals like Rene Richards. At one point he holds up a photo of Rene and says

This is a famous one, Rene Richards. Perhaps the most feminine of the group I'm about to show.

Nice. Real nice. Then he holds up a picture of Amanda LePore and some other folks as well. Kimmel then wants to know how the producers of Ugly Betty made the leap from the people he just mocked to someone as feminine as Romijn. What a twit. The audience didn't react much and Romijn seems rather uncomfortable as she tries to explain that many transsexuals are very feminine (like being unfeminine makes it okay to mock you). Obviously she was put on the spot and trying to do her best. Later he reads from a book which he finishes up by joking about someone learning a transgendered person has a penis and reacting by hitting them with an ax. Perhaps Gwen Araujuo's mom should pay Kimmel a visit. Kimmel should be embarrassed talking about transgender issues this way. It's exactly where gay people were thirty years ago and I hope GLAAD and he HRC let him hear about it.