'Sports Illustrated' Hit With Transphobic Backlash For Featuring Kim Petras As Swimsuit Model

\u201cAs if being a Grammy-Award winning artist and history maker wasn't enough, Kim Petras is now adding SI Swimsuit COVER model to her list of accomplishments. https://t.co/ESSyOwdMJI\u201d

— Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@Sports Illustrated Swimsuit) 1684155900

\u201cKim Petras, a biological MAN, is Sports Illustrated's new cover model.\u201d

— Kelsey Bolar (Harkness) (@Kelsey Bolar (Harkness)) 1684269104

\u201cTwo years in a row Sports Illustrated has taken a coveted spot from actual women to give them to a man who thinks he\u2019s a woman. https://t.co/X0tlCJOwAR\u201d

— Even More Pissed Off Patriot (@Even More Pissed Off Patriot) 1684268646

\u201cListen, if you are an adult and want to identify as a different gender, be my guest, but the recent trend for companies and sports to feature and give top the awards/spots to trans women instead of biological women is more than concerning. Why are biological women being replaced\u2026\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864

\u201c@POdPatriot This sickness has to stop. How confusing to impressionable youth.\u201d

— Even More Pissed Off Patriot (@Even More Pissed Off Patriot) 1684268646

\u201c@kelseybolar I didn't realize they let MEN be SI Swimsuit Models. I guess even men who like to play dress up! A man is a man and a woman is a woman. There is no in between. That is the cold hard facts!\u201d

— Kelsey Bolar (Harkness) (@Kelsey Bolar (Harkness)) 1684269104

\u201c@POdPatriot Cancelling!\u201d

— Even More Pissed Off Patriot (@Even More Pissed Off Patriot) 1684268646

\u201c@POdPatriot Once maybe they made a mistake, twice rubbing it in your face! Bye bye sports illustrated!\u201d

— Even More Pissed Off Patriot (@Even More Pissed Off Patriot) 1684268646

\u201c@POdPatriot Ill avoid the SI magazine at all costs\u201d

— Even More Pissed Off Patriot (@Even More Pissed Off Patriot) 1684268646

\u201c@POdPatriot Bye bye SI\u201d

— Even More Pissed Off Patriot (@Even More Pissed Off Patriot) 1684268646

\u201c@KiraR There have been 100+ sports illustrated swimsuit models and 1 is trans. What have we lost to trans women? Nothing. 1 out of 100 is hardly cause for concern. Stop clutching your pearls and get with a new decade. Trans people exist and deserve the same rights and opportunities\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864

\u201c@KiraR Replaced? There are 3 other women sharing the magazine covers, and plenty more inside. Seems there are plenty of opportunities to go around here. So what's your real issue here?\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864

\u201c@KiraR This is a magazine cover, not a sports competition. There's no reason SI can't feature beautiful people of any biological sex. Feminists wanted gender equality. Strange how that only applies when it's women breaking into careers traditionally only for men.\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864

\u201c@KiraR A swimsuit model isn't an award nor is it a sport. Martha Stewart is another cover model of the 4 editions this year. Who cares what Kim's birth sex was, she's got a vagina now. She's not competing against women, she's a singer that was chosen for a unique SI theme. Grow up\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864

\u201c@KiraR They aren't being replaced. Trans women finally being SEEN replaces nobody. It only adds to people being represented. Not everything is about you.\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864

\u201c@KiraR Imagine being this upset over nothing. When did being a model become a "biological woman" only thing? Who are you to decide what vocation or activity or thing is solely for [insert demographic here]? Should we go back to "whites only" drinking fountains and restaurants?\u201d

— MamaK (@MamaK) 1684241864