Series premiere June 6, 8pm PST @CRAVEseries #myvanityfaircover #GirlsLikeUs pic.twitter.com/nmoVTEMnrh
— Aneesh Sheth (@ashmeesh) June 4, 2015
Last week, transgender activist and Orange is The New Black star Laverne Cox issued a thoughtful statement about Caitlyn Jenner’s historical Vanity Fair cover. She wrote, in part, that “Most trans folks don’t have the privileges Caitlyn and I now have” and added that she hoped that the love and admiration shown for Caitlyn “can translate into changing hearts and minds about who all trans people are as well as shifting public policies to fully support the lives and well being of all of us.” Laverne also wrote about cisnormative beauty standards and how the most vulnerable trans people, including the poor, women of color and women who do not conform to beauty standards, should be just as safe moving through society as those who do.
There’s a new movement for trans women to pose for their own Vanity Fair covers and post them on social media. Buzzfeed explains that the #MyVanityFairCover movement was started by Crystal Frasier (below) and her roommate Jenn Dolari, who first tweeted “Where’s My Vanity Fair?” This brings more transgender women and more trans issues into the conversation and helps remind us that there so many trans people who are being affected by Caitlyn coming out. Here are a few of the covers posted. Some of these touched me and quite a few made me smile.
http://rambleonamazon.tumblr.com/post/120593928179/call-me-crystal-a-lot-of-people-have-explained
#MyVanityFairCover: #TransisBeautiful –> Trans grandmother from Quebec http://t.co/YZtEP2KcaW pic.twitter.com/q7yrCMPx0o
— Michelle Blanc (@MichelleBlanc) June 6, 2015
So excited to go to @MHPshow and tell @MHarrisPerry all about #MyVanityFairCover pic.twitter.com/ScjxDifTBQ
— CHERNO BIKO (@ChernoBiko) June 7, 2015
My Vanity Fair cover, with Gordene, my life partner of 17 years #MyVanityFairCover http://t.co/16cZFFUiQE): pic.twitter.com/LJMRkHrO4P
— Nancy Nangeroni (@gendervision) June 5, 2015
I love this! People rag on Caitlyn Jenner, because she can’t escape the fact that she’s part of the Kardashian machine. If she wasn’t in that position, this story might not have the traction it does despite her incredible Olympic accomplishments. For all you can say about Caitlyn Jenner, she’s brought these issues to our attention in a way that’s never been done to date.
Caitlyn has a new official twitter account, as you’ve probably heard, and currently has around 2.5 million followers. She posted this photo on Friday of herself with some girlfriends. #transisbeautiful is the hashtag started by Laverne Cox. Laverne explained during a recent speech that it’s about “people celebrating imperfections” instead of simply striving to blend in.
You can see more covers at MyVanityFairCover.Tumblr.com and on Jenn Dolari’s twitter.
Learn from those who have walked the path before you. #TransIsBeautiful #LivingOurTruth #JustTheBeginning pic.twitter.com/OTSS7LOSx9
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 6, 2015
Trans women are uploading their own ‘Vanity Fair’ covers for the #MyVanityFairCover movement: http://t.co/rspyLAu34M pic.twitter.com/l0bCjTfEu4
— HelloGiggles.com (@hellogiggles) June 5, 2015
Trans people are creating their own Vanity Fair covers with #MyVanityFairCover http://t.co/M74420Wpau pic.twitter.com/QfI9Xbmdot
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) June 4, 2015
#MyVanityFairCover pic.twitter.com/8UvZftbDEO
— elisabeth (@ElisabethRossiT) June 7, 2015
Whole point of #MyVanityFairCover is to show beauty & gender identity takes many forms. Not just patriarchal “pretty” pic.twitter.com/8nrEx083rT
— Christin Milloy (@chrinfinity) June 6, 2015
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