Meanwhile, while the Potato Head announcement has us distracted, some Republican lawmakers are hard at work trying to deny transgender people equality. Hasbro undoubtedly didn’t intend for that to be the outcome of its marketing, but trans people will have to deal with the consequences. Hateful rhetoric inspires violent attacks on transgender people and justifies discrimination. Statements like these portray transgender needs as trivial and our bodies as jokes. Potato Head was America’s first transgender doll.” Potato Head was you could move the parts around,” he said. Matt Gaetz of Florida compared transgender bodies to Potato Head’s plastic pieces. Some of the worst rhetoric came from Republican lawmakers. Miller tweeted that “the great thing about being a tans potato head is if it changes mind it can just reach in its own ass and put the penis back on.” “Society is not truly free or safe until all Potato Heads can use the planter of their choice,” he wrote. Should queer and transgender people even care about Hasbro’s rebranding or the backlash against it? I fear the answer is yes.Ī deeper look at conservative outcry over the Hasbro decision shows that Republican lawmakers and right-wing commentators are using the news as an excuse for hateful jokes degrading transgender people and mocking our political demands.īen Shapiro posted a series of tweets poking fun at urgent issues like bathroom access. Hasbro’s actions are calculated to increase its profits.
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