TW for transphobia, transmisogynyTrans People to InTouch Weekly: Your Fake Bruce Jenner Cover Is &ls

TW for transphobia, transmisogynyTrans People to InTouch Weekly: Your Fake Bruce Jenner Cover Is ‘Sad’The supermarket tabloid’s latest cover crosses a line, say several trans advocates.“Trans activists are frustrated by the latest issue of tabloid InTouch Weekly, which placed an evidently Photoshopped image of Bruce Jenner on its cover, along with the headline "Bruce’s Story: My Life as a Woman." The magazine, now hitting supermarkets everywhere, also falsely claims that the former Olympian plans to come out as a transgender woman in a future issue of The Advocate. Entertainment blog Hollywood Life published a photo of the cover, which features an obviously doctored image of Jenner with lipstick and blush. The site also claims it spoke with an ”Advocate insider" who said “we would love to cover the story.”Transgender pioneer Kate Bornstein, author of the groundbreaking book Gender Outlaw, was outraged by InTouch’s treatment of Jenner, and issued an in-depth statement to The Advocate via email Wednesday night.   “Damn it,” Bernstein wrote in all-caps. “Bruce Jenner is being bullied, and publicly shamed for no other reason than being trans. I’m so sorry for B.J.”“That anybody is still trying to 'shock’ people about transgender people is really sad,” Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, told The Advocate on the phone Wednesday night.“Read the full piece hereSHAME 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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