Posted on 08/27/2015 1:54:19 AM PDT by markomalley
Halloween retailer Spirit Halloween, which previously defended its decision to sell a costume inspired by Bruce Jenner’s gender transition, caved to pressure from LGBT groups, and pulled the costume from its website Wednesday.
The “Call Me Caitlyn Unisex Adult Costume,” which satirizes the former Olympian’s likeness, as seen on the cover of the July issue of Vanity Fair, sparked outrage online Tuesday, with Twitter users and LGBT advocates describing it as “transphobic.”
Some of those upset by the costume also made violent threats toward anyone considering going as the transgender TV star.
A Change.org petition demanding Spirit Costumes pull the ensemble, expressed concerns it would continue the company’s “oppressive tradition with a transphobic costume of Caitlyn Jenner.”
“To make a costume out of a marginalized identity reduces that person and community to a stereotype for privileged people to abuse. In this case, if you follow through with production of a Caitlyn Jenner costume, cisgender people will purchase it to make fun of her and our community,” the petition reads.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Yes, but “she” will need the royalty money to pay her lawyers to keep “her” from being the prize celly in a prison for killing the woman in “her” car accident. Don’t they care?/s/
Transgendered people are not L, G, B or Q (whatever that means). Why all the love for Bruce Jenner among these people? I don’t understand.
How did a small minority influence a majority that men using women's bathrooms and vice versa because of a “feeling” is ok?
California...well forget California. I love my fellow FReepers there, but what gives?
Like I should talk, from NYCUSSR.
Never even held a gun but that will change one month from now in Nevada!!!!! Can't wait!!!
“a marginalized identity”
a much heralded pseudo identity......is what we saw in Miss Brucie!!
Finally, someone’s criticizing that cis- word. I loathe that word. Normal is the only appropriate word.
Must be the demons who’ve given them that power.
Some amazing quotes there. Worrisome.
If they pulled it on the basis of not wanting to ridicule the mentally ill, I could see that. But doesn’t sound like that’s the reason.
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