Kelly Osbourne’s Transphobic Rant: Humiliated by Chicks With Dicks and Trannys
Recently the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, opened up about her “humiliation”: “Having to tell them (my parents) my fiance had cheated on me with a tranny who sold his/her story to the press (was the most uncomfortable moment). It was so humiliating. Everyone kept telling me that Luke was cheating on me, but I never believed them. It’s hard enough to get your head around someone cheating on you, but when someone is a chick with a d**k? Up until then, I’d always thought that the worst way to get cheated on would be with an ugly girl. Don’t you think? Because at least if they cheat on you with a gorgeous girl it makes some kind of sense. But men are different, I guess, they can have emotionless sex.” While I think it’s horrible that Osbourne was cheated on, her hate filled rant that used some of
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveOpen letter to Andrea James and Calpernia Addams | The TransAdvocate
RuPaul has made a living using transphobic verbiage in his show, capitalizing on the outrage from our community to rake in the dough. RuPaul shouldn’t be given any more of a pass than Kelly Osbourne was given for her “chick with a dick” comment. Calling…
Open letter to Andrea James and Calpernia Addams. | Planet Transgender
[…] the dough. RuPaul shouldn’t be given any more of a pass than Kelly Osbourne was given for her “chick with a dick” comment. Calling out Osbourne did have an effect. She apologized and her millions of twitter […]
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[...] So, apparently Kelly Osbourne’s ex-fiance cheated on her with a trans woman. She was hurt by her ex-fiance’s betrayal; I can sympathize with that. But then Osbourne started spouting some seriously fucked up shit. [...]
If you’re a bigot when you’re angry, you’re a bigot all the time | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
[...] which was created by Marti Abernathey, recently posted an article titled “Kelly Osbourne’s Transphobic Rant: Humiliated by Chicks With Dicks and Trannys.”The author of the article called Osbourne’s words ‘hate filled’ and Transadvocate.com also [...]
Kelly Osbourne Says Telling Her Parents Her Fiance Cheated With A Transgender Woman Was “Humiliating†| 21 Kisses.COM
[...] website called TransAdvocate.com posted an article blasting Kelly’s words: While I think it’s horrible that Osbourne was cheated on, her hate [...]
Kelly Osbourne Says Telling Her Parents Her Fiance Cheated With A Transgender Woman Was “Humiliating†| Celebrity and Fashion News
[...] website called TransAdvocate.com posted an article blasting Kelly’s words: While I think it’s horrible that Osbourne was cheated on, her hate [...]
Kelly Osbourne Says Telling Her Parents Her Fiance Cheated With A Transgender Woman Was “Humiliating†| Celebrity Focus
[...] website called TransAdvocate.com posted an article blasting Kelly’s words: While I think it’s horrible that Osbourne was cheated on, her hate [...]
Kelly Osbourne Says Telling Her Parents Her Fiance Cheated With A Transgender Woman Was “Humiliating†| AllureVision
[...] website called TransAdvocate.com posted an article blasting Kelly’s words: While I think it’s horrible that Osbourne was cheated on, her hate [...]
Kelly Osbourne Says Telling Her Parents Her Fiance Cheated With A Transgender Woman Was “Humiliating†- Celeb News
[...] website called TransAdvocate.com posted an article blasting Kelly’s words: While I think it’s horrible that Osbourne was cheated on, her hate [...]
Kelly Osbourne Makes Crap Transphobic Comments. | The REAL Steve Gray
[...] Abernathey, blog editor of The Transadvocate, was quick to dismiss Osbourne’s rant as “objectifying and dehumanizing.” She went on to note, [...]
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N.I.B.: T.N.G. « ENDAblog
[...] until today anyway. Recently the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, opened up about her “humiliationâ€Â: [...]
Is Kelly Osbourne A Bigot? : Blue Harvest
[...] And yet, according to one disgruntled tweeter, Kelly Osbourne is a bigot. [...]
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