Glamour magazine’s decision to include nine transgender activists in its 2025 Women of the Year list has sparked debate. The magazine featured Munroe Bergdorf, Maxine Heron, Taira, Munya, Bel Priestly, Dani St James, Ceval Omar, Mya Mehmi, and Shon Faye on its cover, recognizing their work and the impact of the ‘Protect the Dolls’ t-shirt campaign. This comes at a time of intense political discussion about the rights of transgender people in the UK.
The magazine highlighted that this recognition is especially important given the current wave of laws and court decisions targeting transgender people, as well as the continuing debate about single-sex spaces.
Model and author Bergdorf told Glamour it’s crucial to start talking about protecting the transgender community, particularly trans women, who are facing increasing danger.
Maxine Heron, who works in communications for the organization Not A Phase, shared her experiences with the difficulties trans people are facing right now. She explained to the magazine that she’s recently received a surge of online hate, something she hadn’t dealt with before, and it’s even made her wonder if she made the right decision by coming out as trans.
Glamour magazine’s recent feature selection has sparked significant backlash online. Piers Morgan was highly critical on X (formerly Twitter), stating that naming nine transgender women as “Women of the Year” was an absurd example of performative activism and predicted it could be detrimental to the magazine’s future.
Some readers were unhappy with the magazine. One commenter questioned its future, writing, “Glamour seems to be losing its audience. It’s no longer focused on women, so who is it for? Men who try to appear as women? That’s a very small market.”
One person commented that this was a perfect reason to stop buying Glamour magazine, describing it as filled with pointless and unpleasant content.
Honestly, the reaction to the magazine was brutal – and hilarious. People really took issue with the way it was written. One person nailed it when they said calling the women ‘dolls’ was spot-on, but in a terrible way – all surface level, no real substance. They wondered if it was meant as a compliment, which, clearly, it wasn’t! Another comment I saw was even funnier – someone initially misread the text as ‘Protect The Balls’ and joked that it was a race to destroy common sense. It was a total mess, and people weren’t shy about saying so.
As a film lover, I’ve been following this conversation, and it really boils down to a tricky balance. We’re seeing more and more trans representation, which is fantastic, but it’s also sparking a debate about what ‘womanhood’ even means and how we acknowledge the experiences of all women. It’s a complex issue with a lot of nuance, and it feels like people are trying to figure out how to celebrate progress while also honoring the history of women’s struggles.
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2025-10-31 11:16