Call me Caitlyn Halloween Costume Receives MAJOR backlash

By Anny Jules.           By Getty Images 

The transgender community is definitely not laughing about this latest story. 

Hollywood Toys & Costumes has created a “Call Me Caitlyn” halloween costume that many people are outraged by.

The costume reportedly comes with a padded corset, wig, and pageant sash, and is meant to poke fun at Caitlyn Jenner’s recent Vanity Fair cover where she officially came out transgender. 

Social media users have slammed the costume and company for what they perceive as mocking the transgender community.

But despite the backlash the costume has received since its debut, Derek Rogers, the manager and buyer at Hollywood Toys & Costumes says that the Call me Caitlyn costume is all in good fun and completely harmless.

“I thought it’s a perfect costume. They imitate the president. They do Michael Jackson. It’s all, anybody, anybody’s fair game,” he says.

Sources say that the Call Me Caitlyn costume has been picked up by many online retailers for $49.90.  Another online retail store Spirit Halloween has revamped the costume and is selling it for $74.99.

What are your thoughts on the Call me Caitlyn Halloween costume? Is it a harmless retail product or does is it  a form of bullying against the transgender community? Sound off below!

President Obama Hires First Openly Transgender Staff Member

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History continues to be made in the White House! 

President Obama has recently appointed the first openly transgender staff member to serve in the White House.

The White House’s new staff member goes by the name Raffi Freedman-Gurspan. She previously worked as a policy adviser at the National Center for Transgender Equality. Now that she has moved on to the White House, she will be the outreach and recruitment director for the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett has issued a statement saying that Raffia "demonstrates the kind of leadership this administration champions." 

She added, “[Raffi’s] commitment to bettering the lives of transgender Americans, particularly transgender people of color and those in poverty, reflects the values of this administration." 

Naturally, LGBT groups are praised the Obama administration and the white house for making history and not discriminating. 

"President Obama has long said he wants his administration to look like the American people. I have understood this to include transgender Americans,” Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equalitys aid in a statement. "A transgender person was inevitably going to work in the White House. That the first transgender appointee is a transgender woman of color is itself significant. And that the first White House transgender appointee is of a friend is inspiring to me and to countless others who have been touched by Raffi's advocacy." 

Congratulations to Raffi and kudos to the White House for this historic step!