Sports Illustrated on Monday received some backlash from fans after Kim Petras, a transgender female pop star, was named one of the swimsuit cover models.
Kim Petras attends the 2023 Met Gala Celebrating"Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023 in New York City.
"There is no theme [to this year’s issue]—rather, there is a vision, a sentiment, a hope that women can live in a world where they feel no limitations, internally or externally," SI Swimsuit Editor-in-Chief MJ Day said."But the absence of a theme is not to say that [these women] don’t share certain common traits. They’re constantly evolving."
Day said of Petras,"The Grammy-winning pop star, a beacon of inspiration for the LGBTQ+ community, has blazed her own path to superstardom, but it has been anything but a straight line."Petras was excited about being on the cover."I was so excited when I got the call to be in Sports Illustrated. It's very iconic, and a lot of very iconic people have done it before, so, big dream come true for me," she told the outlet.
The backlash comes as Bud Light tries to navigate through the rocky waters in wake of making Dylan Mulvaney one of its ambassadors. The beer brand received tremendous backlash for using Mulvaney, a transgender female actress and TikTok personality, as a spokesperson. Bud Light continues to face backlash more than a month after its polarizing pact with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney prompted outrage.
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