Does a Gay Shirt Ignore the T in LGBT?
Some activists say that a transgender model wearing a pro-gay shirt is another example of transsexual erasure.
BY Michelle Garcia
July 12 2012 4:27 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/07/12/activists-say-gay-shirt-american-apparel-ignores-t-lgbt (http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/07/12/activists-say-gay-shirt-american-apparel-ignores-t-lgbt)
A small grassroots volunteer organization aiming to educate people on trans rights and issues says a campaign featuring a transgender model is actually helping erase transsexual visibility.
Leaders of MAGNET, or Media Advocates Giving National Equality to Transgender & Transsexual People, are boycotting a campaign from American Apparel and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, asking both to reconsider the message their new T-shirts send.
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"I think it's absurd and ridiculous to think that I would misrepresent my sexual orientation," she says. "The T-shirt doesn't say I am personally gay. This shirt simply says gay is O.K., meaning that I — as an ally and a public figure — am telling other people that there is nothing wrong with gay people. I'm not misinformed and I know who I am. This design empowers my friends in the gay community, and I'd like to see more allies wear this shirt."
Its dumb to boycott them just because of their choice of model for the campaign. I think Ashly Love needs to take a vacation, maybe reset her priorities a bit. Its making trans people look like whining idiots.
Isis said she did it as an ally.
Ashley Love does not have a leg to stand on in regards to this issue.
Ashley owes Isis an apology, not that she will get it. Ashley doesn't apologise as she has never seen a single issue or position that she was wrong about.
Must be quite a burdon being right all the time...