Dylan Mulvaney: Brands should want me for me, not just for being trans
By Yaron Steinbuch
April 28, 2023 2:45pmDylan Mulvaney said in a new interview that she doesn’t want brands to hire her as a spokesperson just to “check a box” off because she’s transgender — instead, they should turn to her because “I’m Dylan.”
The 26-year-old influencer — who rose to fame chronicling her gender transition, and incurred widespread wrath from far-right critics after her partnership with Bud Light — told Bustle that she doesn’t want a brand to hire her for the sake of diversity.
“A lot of brands will ask, ‘Could you relate a little bit of your struggle growing up into this?’ Like, no! If you want me, you want me because I’m Dylan, not because I’m trans,” she told the outlet in the interview published Thursday.
“That’s when you know they were just trying to check a box,” Mulvaney said.
She said she also grappled with what type of spokesperson she should be — or whether she should be one at all.
“If I enter too much into the activist space or too far into politics where I’m not ready, I could misspeak or I could, you know, give information that’s not correct,” she said.
“I don’t want us to take a step back — I don’t want to be the reason for that. So, I want to push forward with my strong suit, which is showing trans joy, which is showing empathy, which is showing all the good there is in the community, and, of course, entertaining people,” Mulvaney added.
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