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The toy company claims the doll is a response to ‘research’ showing that ‘kids don’t want their toys dictated by gender norms.’
Transgender activist Laverne Cox attends the “A Very Barbie Birthday” celebration at Magic Hour at The Moxy Hotel Rooftop on May 26 in New York. (photo: Charles Sykes / Invision / AP)
Mattel recently released the brand’s first transgender Barbie doll, modeled after transgender Orange Is the New Black actor and activist Laverne Cox.
Dressed in an oxblood-red ball gown, made of a faux leather top and tulle skirt, and a sparkly silver bodysuit underneath, Cox’s doll first went up for sale online on May 25. It sells for $40.
Under Cox’s name, Mattel donated to TransFamilySOS, an organization that describesits mission as “sav[ing] lives by shaping a gender affirming and accepting Community.”
On Mattel’s website, the doll’s description reads, “As a four-time Emmy-nominated actress, Emmy-winning producer, and the first transgender woman of color to have a leading role on a scripted TV show, Laverne Cox uses her voice to amplify the message of moving beyond societal expectations to live more authentically.”
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Mattel Introduces Transgender Barbie, But Truth of Human Nature Is Beyond Their Ken
Transgender activist Laverne Cox attends the “A Very Barbie Birthday” celebration at Magic Hour at The Moxy Hotel Rooftop on May 26 in New York. (photo: Charles Sykes / Invision / AP)
Mattel recently released the brand’s first transgender Barbie doll, modeled after transgender Orange Is the New Black actor and activist Laverne Cox.
Dressed in an oxblood-red ball gown, made of a faux leather top and tulle skirt, and a sparkly silver bodysuit underneath, Cox’s doll first went up for sale online on May 25. It sells for $40.
Under Cox’s name, Mattel donated to TransFamilySOS, an organization that describesits mission as “sav[ing] lives by shaping a gender affirming and accepting Community.”
On Mattel’s website, the doll’s description reads, “As a four-time Emmy-nominated actress, Emmy-winning producer, and the first transgender woman of color to have a leading role on a scripted TV show, Laverne Cox uses her voice to amplify the message of moving beyond societal expectations to live more authentically.”
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Mattel Introduces Transgender Barbie, But Truth of Human Nature Is Beyond Their Ken
