The best events happening around Ireland this weekend
The best events happening around Ireland this weekend

Sarah Gill

In Her Shoes: Silvana Landa McAdam of LANDA
In Her Shoes: Silvana Landa McAdam of LANDA

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Conductor Orla Flanagan: ‘This concert explores human existence in different spheres’
Conductor Orla Flanagan: ‘This concert explores human existence in different spheres’

Sarah Gill

This 1970s Galway semi-d has been refreshed and revived
This 1970s Galway semi-d has been refreshed and revived

Nathalie Marquez Courtney

Material Intelligence: Meet the emerging designers from Ireland’s leading fashion colleges
Material Intelligence: Meet the emerging designers from Ireland’s leading fashion colleges

Ruth O'Connor

Faye O’Rourke of Soda Blonde: ‘I think being open about your failings creates more interesting art’
Faye O’Rourke of Soda Blonde: ‘I think being open about your failings creates more interesting...

Sarah Gill

A red carpet first-timer brings us behind the scenes at Cannes Film Festival
A red carpet first-timer brings us behind the scenes at Cannes Film Festival

Kara O'Sullivan

Garden designer Peter Dowdall on the best places to find unique pieces for your garden
Garden designer Peter Dowdall on the best places to find unique pieces for your garden

Megan Burns

Key trends and challenges shaping the job market in 2025
Key trends and challenges shaping the job market in 2025

Leonie Corcoran

Inside this five-bedroom Edwardian Terenure home
Inside this five-bedroom Edwardian Terenure home

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Transgenders Recreate Jenner’s Vanity Fair Cover


By Jennifer McShane
06th Jun 2015
Transgenders Recreate Jenner’s Vanity Fair Cover

It’s been quite a week for Caitlyn Jenner since her Vanity Fair cover reveal. Her pictures sent a powerful message across the globe, and in response, some from the transgender community have decided to emulate the iconic cover themselves, but in their own way. And we think it is just brilliant.

ICYMI: Transgender Model Making Beauty History

It all started when blogger Crystal Frasier created a template, and asked fellow trans people to join her. She explained her reasoning in a blog post, questioning Caitlyn’s cover for a few reasons: ?A large contingent of the trans community has engaged in a lot of dialogue the past few days, ever since Vanity Fair announced their Caitlyn Jenner’s cover story, most of which revolves around the idea that the world only seems to embrace us if we’re wealthy enough or lucky enough to adhere to white, cisnormative beauty standards. I’ve felt frustrated and useless and overwhelmed by opinions on transgender women and how we’re ‘supposed? to look if we want to be taken seriously,? she wrote.

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?But not all of us adhere to those standards. Not all of us want to. Not all of us can. Some of us do, but only out of fear. Some of us do but we aren’t sure why. And whether we fit those standards or not, we’re beautiful, and we all deserve to feel beautiful, and be acknowledged by the world.,? she continued.

?Admiration and praise for trans women shouldn’t only come if we fit a narrow definition of beauty. As a good friend of mine said Monday ?Where’s my Vanity Fair cover??

Well said.

The template was uploaded onto Crystal’s blog and she asked users to tweet the pictures using #myvanityfaircover in an attempt to show how diverse the transgender community is, and we applaud her for starting something that has such as positive message.

There are some amazong covers going around at the moment, and here are a few of our favourites from the campaign:

Main Pic: Rambleonamazon

Which covers are your favourites?

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