ATRL throws a Halloween party:
1. NO CULTURAL APPROPRIATION COSTUMES
2. NO COSTUMES DEPICTING ANOTHER RACE OTHER THAN YOUR OWN
3. YOU CAN WEAR A COSTUME FOR ANY GENDER UNLESS ITS OF A TRANSGENDER
4. NO GIRLS
ATRL throws a Halloween party:
1. NO CULTURAL APPROPRIATION CUSTUMES
2. NO COSTIMES DEPICTING ANOTHER RACE OTHER THAN YOUR OWN
3. YOU CAN WEAR A CUSTOME FOR ANY GENDER UNLESS ITS OF A TRANSGENDER
4. NO GIRLS
ATRL throws a Halloween party:
1. NO CULTURAL APPROPRIATION CUSTUMES
2. NO COSTIMES DEPICTING ANOTHER RACE OTHER THAN YOUR OWN
3. YOU CAN WEAR A CUSTOME FOR ANY GENDER UNLESS ITS OF A TRANSGENDER
What's wrong with it?
People can wear Gaga and Britney costumes but they can't wear Caitlyn's? She's a celebrity like any.
If the guy wearing that costume was actually transphobic why would he dress in drag himself?
ATRL throws a Halloween party:
1. NO CULTURAL APPROPRIATION CUSTUMES
2. NO COSTIMES DEPICTING ANOTHER RACE OTHER THAN YOUR OWN
3. YOU CAN WEAR A CUSTOME FOR ANY GENDER UNLESS ITS OF A TRANSGENDER
4. NO GIRLS
All of this
I know this costume is somewhat problematic, but I'm certainly not gonna pretend like I didn't laugh my ass off when I scrolled down.
In a world where people are still calling Caitlyn a "plastic tranny" and a "science experiment" I can see why people are calling this out, and in many ways I agree.
Many people still don't respect the fact that she's a transgender woman. They still call her Bruce, they still refer to her as "him" and they still refer to her as a man. I understand that it's a halloween costume and I understand that halloween costumes are usually cheap and messy, but a costume like this marketed towards men is going to open up so many opportunities for mockery and disrespect purely for the fact that people are going to take the "man in a dress" angle and run with it. And neither Caitlyn nor any of the trans men and women out there need people making a mockery of something that's so important to their identity.
Should it be a halloween costume? Maybe. At the end of the day men dress up as women (and vice versa) for halloween all the time. But I don't think there's enough respect for Caitlyn and the transgender community yet for this to be a costume; I don't think this is the right time for it