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Bonds faces backlash after using a non-binary model with a beard to show off its latest bikini
daily mail ^

Posted on 02/07/2024 9:15:41 AM PST by algore

Aussies are vowing to boycott Bonds after the underwear company used a bearded, non-binary person to model a bikini.

The iconic Australian underwear brand used two non-binary models with 'they/them' pronouns to advertise its $18.99 'Retro Rib™ Seamless Tonal Hi Bikini' as part of its Pride 2024 range.

The collection is aligned with a Pride campaign showcasing transgender models, drag queens, as well as people who identify as gay, bisexual and pansexual.

But one of the models, 'Mikey' - who is 1.99m tall and has a beard and a bulge under his bikini bottoms - has outraged some customers who are now calling for a boycott.

Aussies are vowing to boycott Bonds after the underwear company used a bearded, non-binary person to model a bikini.

The iconic Australian underwear brand used two non-binary models with 'they/them' pronouns to advertise its $18.99 'Retro Rib™ Seamless Tonal Hi Bikini' as part of its Pride 2024 range.

The collection is aligned with a Pride campaign showcasing transgender models, drag queens, as well as people who identify as gay, bisexual and pansexual.

But one of the models, 'Mikey' - who is 1.99m tall and has a beard and a bulge under his bikini bottoms - has outraged some customers who are now calling for a boycott.

Bonds told critics writing on its Instagram page that 'any comments we feel are inappropriate or offensive will not be tolerated and will be removed from this page'.

Daily Mail Australia approached Hanesbrands, who bought Bonds in 2016, for comment.

Last year the company employed controversial transgender activist Deni Todorovic to model its 'Proud to Be Me' collection for World Pride.

Todorovic, who used they/them pronouns before claiming he identifies by all pronouns, was later controversially appointed ambassador to swimwear brand Seafolly.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: binary
very disturbing pictures at link.

although if I went to the beach and saw something like this I would laugh my ass off.

(and the way things are now days probably charged with a hate crime for laughing)

1 posted on 02/07/2024 9:15:41 AM PST by algore
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To: algore

Queers in the fashion industry — who woulda thunk it?


2 posted on 02/07/2024 9:17:14 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: algore

Bonds

3 posted on 02/07/2024 9:17:40 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: algore
Reminds me of Crocodile Dundee's great line:

THAT'S A GUY DRESSED UP LIKE A SHEILA!


4 posted on 02/07/2024 9:17:57 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: algore

No Pooftahs!


5 posted on 02/07/2024 9:18:23 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore
😬😝🤢🤮

I knew I shouldn't have looked!

My eyes!

6 posted on 02/07/2024 9:18:52 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I think we found a good use for that knife.

7 posted on 02/07/2024 9:19:44 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Just some kids havin’ fun!


8 posted on 02/07/2024 9:21:40 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: ClearCase_guy

ZARDOZ!


9 posted on 02/07/2024 9:26:07 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Well, it’s Australia, you can’t be sure of that...............


10 posted on 02/07/2024 9:28:25 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: telescope115
Connery was more of a man than that model
11 posted on 02/07/2024 9:29:10 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: algore

This article needs a warning before you look at the pictures. Its a fairly ugly, hairy guy in a bikini. Calling him a model is a stretch. Having said that, there are plenty of ads in magazines with guys wearing speedos so this seems pretty tame in comparison.


12 posted on 02/07/2024 9:31:49 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Red Badger
I've been there.There's a suburb of Sydney called Coogee Beach where the women are so gorgeous that they can make a grown man weep. No,it's *always* easy to tell the men from the women Down Under.
13 posted on 02/07/2024 9:32:55 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: algore

Everyday, it gets more outrageous. They are pushing way too far by design. After enough public outcry, they will eventually retreat back to a position that will appear like a capitulation, but will still be a position that has further advanced their agenda. Kind of a woke Tijuana bargain. You want X. Push for Y. Then settle for X, like you’re giving in.


14 posted on 02/07/2024 9:35:23 AM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: algore

WARNING — DON’T GO TO THE WEBSITE OR DM ARTICLE! THE PICS ARE HORRIBLE!


15 posted on 02/07/2024 9:58:19 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

That has to be the first time it has ever been called a model.

Like the real men stating they’re tossing all their Bonds out and never buying them again.


16 posted on 02/07/2024 10:07:05 AM PST by bgill
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To: algore

17 posted on 02/07/2024 10:41:18 AM PST by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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