New Zealand beverage company Old Mout Cider has released a promotional video which many in the LGBTI community are saying portrays trans women as liars. The video released yesterday on Facebook has already received a large number of comments from people disappointed in the company’s portrayal of trans women. Stephanie Rodgers has commented on the video post and says; “This is a really disappointing and gross ad from a brand I have raved about in the past. Calling trans women "liars" and joking about outing their "real" names is repellent. I'm not going to be purchasing Old Mout in future.” She is supported by others such as Charlie Voong who has written; “In all honesty this is incredibly distasteful and transphobic. “Transwoman have the highest statistic of being assaulted and killed just for being trans and the fact that you're joking bout this is incredibly insensitive. If this happened in real life it's more likely that they would have been beaten or killed ??? Like this happens everyday irl and I'm just disgusted and appalled you would make light of such an issue ??? Trans woman are real woman and people.” GayNZ.com Daily News has contacted the Old Mout Cider parent company Dominion Breweries for comment.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Friday, 5th February 2016 - 1:23pm