What is She Thinking

I read the articles about Isis modeling American apparel T-shirts to support gay rights (not lesbian rights?) and the contradiction she makes with the work. She's a post-transtion (trans if you want to add the prefix) woman who had most and especially the surgery for her transition paid by Oprah.

She says she's a heterosexual woman simply promoting gay rights and her situation doesn't matter, except it does as she and others tout her as a model for transwomen working in the modeling industry, so her identity is important for herself and her career, and she does speak for transwomen. But she doesn't promote transgender t-shirts.

And that's the contradiction. Yes, models are paid to model without regard for the clothes or the company, but some models do pay attention to who they model for and Isis is one of them as she recognizes herself as a role model for transwomen. Like all transwomen are so lucky to be easily passable and have their transition costs paid by a celebrity.

Sorry Isis, I agree with the criticism. You're model doing a job, but you're also promoting your views as a model and what you model, and just focusing on gay issues and rights doesn't represent transpeople or send the best messages to the public for more or better understanding of transpeople.

You're not their role model unless they say so, not because you want or say so. And lose the t-shirts until they're and you're inclusive of transpeople.