THE GUARDIAN - "Kid Cudi praised for wearing a dress but LGBTQ+ people see a double standard. While applauding the rapper’s gender non-conforming fashion, some pointed out that trans people have faced criticism or violence for doing the same"

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[–]grixit 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If a man wears a dress without comment, then that destroys the precious binary they're so desperate to maintain. Because without sterotypes to pretend to be rebelling against, how can they be brave and stunning?

[–]Femaleisnthateful 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think any trans people have 'faced violence' for wearing a dress. Criticism yes, because there's a fundamental difference between a man breaking gender barriers, and a man reinforcing gender norms by pretending that wearing a dress makes you a woman.

[–]Mermer 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Now they're literally saying a straight man can't wear a dress. No one seems to care when a woman wears a suit, why do they have a problem with him?

[–]BEB[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

And what the hell do the rest of the Alphabet Soup letters, or rather, LGB, have to do with a man wearing a dress?

Are there really homo and bisexuals outraged that some musician wore a dress on SNL and because why?!?!? And won't it help TiMs that a famous celebrity also wore a dress?

When are people going to get fed up with the navel-gazing of the gender speshuls?

[–]supersmokio6420 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Its like they don't even remember a couple of months ago when some guy who identifies as non-binary heaped in praise for wearing a dress, including by the Guardian.

Also, this Kid Cudi guy looks even worse in a dress than that guy did.