Three Ireland’s latest billboard slammed as transphobic

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Jul 15, 2015

Three Ireland has come under serious fire today after one of its billboards has been widely criticised.

The billboard reads, “Sorry Vodafone customers It turned out he was a she after you’d used all your data.”

Three Ireland have since apologised for the billboard, stating that they never meant to cause offence. The network explained that the ad is "part of a wider campaign that gives examples of when you can often miss the best bits of TV/films when you're streaming because you've used all your data."

Three highlighted other examples in of their campaign, such as "Sorry Vodafone customers, Ireland scored the winning try after you'd used all your data."

Twitter has exploded in response with many people viewing the slogan as offensive and insensitive while other people have defended it saying that it is simply implying that by using all your data can miss the crucial ending of movies.

This ad seems pretty transphobic @ThreeCare. Care to eleborate? pic.twitter.com/wvlHVHZPgU

— TENI (@TENI_Tweets) July 15, 2015

@laineydoyle @TENI_Tweets @ThreeCare I can get the idea behind the ad, but very poorly executed. And I say that as a trans* person.

— Robyn Morton (@robyntmorton) July 15, 2015

Meanwhile, other people stressed that the billboard did not intend to cause offence.

@BabyMonsterGoon @MrSeamusKearney What am I missing if I didn't see it as transphobic. "As You Like It" plot has a woman dressed as a man.

— John Hamill (@JohnHamill151) July 15, 2015

The controversy comes the same day that the Gender Recognition Bill passed through the Oireachtas. Ireland is now the fourth country in the world to specifically introduce legislation allowing trans people to legally change their gender.

Tyga’s alleged transgender lover speaks out

Jul 9, 2015

by Amber Saunders

Okay… so just WHAT exactly is going on with all these Tyga rumours?

After an anonymous source leaked a bunch of texts and nude pics that were alleged to be between Tyga and a transgender porn star named Mia Isabella, things have gotten absolutely crazy.

The reported “sext messages” between the pair were sent to a number of media outlets, with the source claimed that “transsexual actress Mia Isabella & Rapper TYGA had [an] ongoing relationship for almost 3 years since she moved to LA.”

While it appears that the naked photos are indeed of Tyga's body, he claims that they were not sent between him and Ms. Isabella.

Today it was revealed that the rapper's legal team have brought the case to the FBI as they believe the photos were hacked from either his phone or from someone who he intentionally shared the pictures with.

#FukWhatTheyTalkinBout @ae4president

A video posted by Tyga / T-Raww (@kinggoldchains) on Jul 8, 2015 at 2:25pm PDT

Mia Isabella released a statement to VH1 where she neither confirmed nor denied the allegations but instead said that “it’s very sad that the idea of a man loving a trans person has to be considered a scandal when all people are equal.”

She also took to Instagram to say “Dealing with gossip, hate & threats – they bet against you when you raise the bet #FukWhatTheyTalkinBout #transisbeautiful.” The post came just hours after Tyga posted a video of himself rapping along to a song with the same lyrics.

Dealing with gossip, hate & threats – they bet against you when you raise the bet #FukWhatTheyTalkinBout #transisbeautiful

A photo posted by Michelle Levelle (@themiaisabella) on Jul 8, 2015 at 6:44pm PDT

With an investigation looking like it may be about to go underway, Mia Isabella has said that she was not responsible for leaking the photos and that she would even assist the FBI in any way she could to try and catch the culprit.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that 17-year-old Kylie is standing by her man and totally believes that he didn’t cheat on her but that the stress of the whole situation is really getting to her.

An insider told HollywoodLife.com that she “is near a nervous breakdown. With her dad changing to Caitlyn and her boyfriend tied up in the mess he is in and the bullying she still receives, her friends are watching her closely.”

The secrets behind Caitlyn’s new face are revealed

Celebrity

Jun 20, 2015

by Amber Saunders

Caitlyn Jenner is without a doubt the most high profile transgender celebrity the world has ever seen.

For such a public figure, it is truly remarkable that she has allowed the world to witness her entire transition. We have joined Caitlyn on her journey since her previous life as a man, through the hardships of telling her family, to becoming Caitlyn and physically identifying as a woman.

So, just how exactly does the new face of Caitlyn Jenner differ from the old face that we all knew so well?

Caitlyn’s surgeon, Dr Harrison Lee, has opened up and spoken about exactly what he did in order to help Caitlyn acquire a face that she could identify with.

Dr Lee spoke about the facial feminization surgery that Caitlyn underwent, admitting that while it is a surgery for an incredibly niche market, it is more common than people would realise. He even revealed that he has performed the surgery on a number of other celebrities.

Speaking to MarieClaire.com, Dr Lee said, “Knowing how high-profile this surgery was going to be, I was thinking about all the people who were on the fence about this type of surgery, and knowing that if Caitlyn’s surgeries were successful, they would empower other transgender candidates to realise that they, too, can live the life they choose.”

Learn from those who have walked the path before you. #TransIsBeautiful #LivingOurTruth #JustTheBeginning

A photo posted by Caitlyn Jenner (@caitlynjenner) on Jun 6, 2015 at 3:30pm PDT

Specifically, Dr Harrison said that the facial feminisation surgery generally focused on jaw contouring, chin contouring, and tracheal shavings. Although, he said that everyone has a different idea of what beautiful is, so his ultimate goal is to make each individual patient happy.

Caitlyn has become a transgender icon, and there is no doubt that her openness about her life will be a source of comfort and pride for many other transgender people who are struggling with their identities.

Caitlyn’s surgeons admit she had ‘a panic attack’ after her boob job

Jun 10, 2015

by Amber Saunders

Certainly, the whole world has been hooked to the Caitlyn Jenner transition.

However, as most of the attention has focused on her physical transformation as well as her relationship with her famous kids, we haven’t really heard about the actual surgery that was performed on Ms Jenner – and her immediate emotional reaction following the transition.

So impressed by my boss Dr Harrison Lee's phenomenal work and being part of Caitlyn's transformation. #caitlynjenner #drharrisonlee #vanityfair #transgender #realself #loveit

A photo posted by Vilma✨ (@x_vilmaa_x) on Jun 9, 2015 at 12:52pm PDT

Now, the surgeons who performed Caitlyn’s feminising surgery have spoken about the process that the Olympian underwent and her brief panic attack when the surgery was through.

Speaking to E! News, Dr Gary Alter who carried out Ms Jenner’s breast augmentation, explained that “it’s difficult to suddenly get the realisation, I guess, that you’re getting fulfilment of what you’ve always wanted to have done”.

“You know, long surgery, a lot of changes – so there was a little bit of a panic attack. But it could happen to anybody. It can happen to the housewife that gets a facelift, it can happen to a young girl who gets a breast implant.”

The surgeon who led the transition, Dr Harrison Lee, said that the type of surgery Caitlyn underwent usually takes around a year for patients to recover. But judging from the Vanity Fair shoot, Caitlyn powered on through and took only a few months to heal.

The father of Kendall and Kylie opened up in her Vanity Fair interview, where she described being overcome with emotion and the brief panic of wondering if she made the right decision.

“What did I just do?” she thought. “What did I just do to myself?”

Learn from those who have walked the path before you. #TransIsBeautiful #LivingOurTruth #JustTheBeginning

A photo posted by Caitlyn Jenner (@caitlynjenner) on Jun 6, 2015 at 3:30pm PDT

With her feminizing surgery complete, it is not known when the father-of-six will undergo genital surgery.

Speaking in the issue, Caitlyn herself explained that “if you have a list of ten reasons to transition, sex would be number ten.”

Her former wife Kris Jenner has yet to speak out about the process, but we will most likely get the inside scoop when the new E! reality show, I Am Cait, debuts on July 26.

Did this RTÉ star ridicule transgender people?

Celebrity

Jul 9, 2014

by Amber Saunders

RTÉ comedian Katherine Lynch has spoken out about how being called a ‘fag hag’ over the years has really hurt her feelings, and how she never meant her depiction of the character Nuala in The Centre to offend transgender people: “Incitement to hatred is a massive accusation to level at anyone, and it has been heartbreaking. No one sat around a table and said, ‘Lets lampoon a trans person’.

“In fact, what we wanted to do with Nuala was create empathy… It’s comedy, though, at the end of the day and comedy represents people in exaggerated ways.

“I’ve been called a ‘fag hag’ so many times in my life and it has hurt because I’m a woman, not some addendum to a gay man’s life.

“But then you have TV comedies like Gimme Gimme Gimme, which portrays a woman as a fag hag, a sexually messed-up loser who only lives to be the friend of a gay man.

“But it’s comedy and comedy is often grotesque. Often comedy reveals truth through grotesquery and the truth central to that show was that friendship is so important.”

Katherine said she will continue to advocate for transgender rights: “Because I’ve got so many LGBT friends, I had an understanding of what trans people endure, but through the protests I learned a lot more.

“The protests gave more education to society about what trans people go through too. I am delighted that trans rights are progressing, that people are fighting for those rights, and that the Government is producing a gender recognition bill.

“Because of where I come from, who I essentially am, I am on the side of trans people, and so many people I’ve talked to are too.

“For a human being to be born into the imprisonment of a body they don’t feel is theirs is unimaginable, and the journey trans people take to self-realise is the bravest and strongest of all.”

Did YOU know this famous lady was transgender?

Celebrity

Jul 4, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Joan Rivers is not afraid to make the odd controversial comment – but her latest one is particularly dicey considering it was about Michelle and Barack Obama!

When asked by a reporter if she thought America would ever see a gay president, she replied:

“Well we already have it with Obama, so let’s just calm down.

“You know Michelle is a tranny?”

But the reporter didn’t know, so just to confirm, Rivers said:

“A transgender. We all know.”

Eh, ok Joan, whatever you say!

We really hope Michelle has a sense of humour!

Read R-Kelly’s shocking response to transgender son

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Jun 26, 2014

by Amber Saunders

It was revealed earlier this month that R-Kelly’s 13-year-old child, previously known as Jaya, had come out as a transgender man named Jay.

It looks like the rapper is having a hard time coming to terms with the transformation though, as he gave a radio interview on Monday and he seemed to be addressing the situation as if it were just a rumour: ““You don’t really wanna open it up by saying my daughter is becoming my son.

“As far as that is concerned, always believe what you see with your own eyes, that is, I’ve heard a lot of things about a lot of people and it was never true. You gotta know there’s a back story. There’s a background. That’s why you can’t judge nobody.”

Jay isn’t without support though – he says his mother Drea Kelly is really proud of him:

“[My mom] was like, ‘Baby, you know I love you if you were bi, gay, [lesbian], you name it and I would still love you so much.

“She was very proud of me, I was like, ‘Thank you mum for accepting the fact that I’m a transgender.’”

While it must be a little strange at first, we hope R-Kelly can come to terms with it soon too!

J-Lo’s cheating boyfriend’s lover arrested for prostitution

Celebrity

Jun 12, 2014

by Amber Saunders

Poor Jennifer Lopez – it has been reported that the transgender model that broke up her relationship with Casper Smart was arrested for prostitution just last year as part of an undercover investigation held by the Houston Police Department.

The model was on a website offering herself as an “upscale shemale” who was “100% clean, passionate, open-minded, fetish friendly/toy friendly” and was busted when entered a hotel room and offered to perform various sexual acts on an undercover officer. The charges were eventually dropped.

We can’t imagine what J-Lo must be going through!

Has Jennifer Lopez’s partner been cheating with a transgender model?

Celebrity

Jun 4, 2014

by Amber Saunders

The rumour mill is in overdrive with all that’s been going on between Jennifer Lopez and her partner Casper Smart. He has been accused of cheating on her with Sofie Vissa, a transgender model who says she’s been sending him some steamy photos on Instagram.

The model spoke to Woman’s Day, explaining that she “sent him like five or six pictures”.

“There were a couple of semi-explicit [ones] and then the last one I was completely nude. And he ‘liked’ the post.”

Vissa says that there’s no way Smart didn’t know that she was transgender because she makes it blatantly obvious on her Instagram profile: “I’d do hashtags on Instagram… to get a lot of followers I’d put #TS or #Shemale or #transgendered on them. I remember I put those hashtags on one of my photos and when I went back to look at my phone I’d got a request from Casper.”

Whether or not he knew she was transgender is one thing, but we’re fairly sure he knew he had a girlfriend! This didn’t stop him looking for sexier photos from Vissa, saying “‘I wanna see more, what you got?’” Vissa then probed, “‘What do you wanna see? My smile?’”

Smart is said to have replied, “‘Haha sure. That’s the best attribute on a person.’”

What a charmer.