TW for transphobia, transmisogynyIn Touch’s dolled-up Bruce Jenner cover sparks outrage The ma

TW for transphobia, transmisogynyIn Touch’s dolled-up Bruce Jenner cover sparks outrage The magazine scrapes the bottom and gets everything wrong about gender“As a number of publications, including the Daily Mail and Buzzfeed, pointed out Thursday, that cover image of Jenner in “Some Like It Hot” grade makeup seems heavily Photoshopped. Not only that, but the outfit and hair appear borrowed straight out of an existing photograph of former “Dynasty” star Stephanie Beacham, apparently blended with an older photo of Jenner. And that is crass, shameful and just plain mean. As one person on Twitter aptly asked, “okay hi so can we, as a society, stop deciding other people’s genders for them? LOOKIN AT YOU, @intouchweekly.” The Advocate, meanwhile, has also come out swinging, stating that the magazine “falsely claims that the former Olympian plans to come out as a transgender woman in a future issue of The Advocate.”As transgender writer B. Scott explained in a blog post earlier this week, “Since Bruce Jenner IS a celebrity and constantly photographed, we’ve witnessed over the last few months how he’s been experimenting with his appearance — but he has every right to do so. Bruce also has a right to exist however he wants to without some magazine transforming him into someone else to fit their narrative.” Blammo.Read the full piece hereI said it last night and I’ll say it again:SHAME ON YOU INTOUCH MAGAZINE! You need to apologize and not just a one-liner. Write a real piece about why you were wrong and cover trans rights and representation. -- source link

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