The latest right-wing Dylan Mulvaney conspiracy theory even has her confused: “They may have lost their own plot”
a thread from “transvestigators” on Reddit went viral, trans social media star Dylan Mulvaney addressed their latest harebrained theory: she’s actually a cis woman.Yes, this is the same creator who faced countless vicious and transphobic attacks from conservatives in the past year.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.As the 27-year-old said in a new TikTok video that has received over 1.9 million views, “This might be one of the more wild things that you see on the internet today.”Watch.This was a ride According to GLAAD, “transvestigating ” — a portmanteau of the words “trans” and “investigating” — maliciously “targets cisgender public figures … and then ‘investigates’ them, offering fake pseudo-scientific ‘evidence’ that they are transgender.” The hateful conspiracy theories come with the “bigoted” implication that “being a transgender person is a bad thing.”In Mulvaney’s case, theorists concluded “she must have been born a woman, forcibly transitioned to male as a kid, then transitioned into female in adulthood,” according to a post shown in her TikTok.
Oh, brother.Additionally, the weirdos cited their “evidence,” including what one commenter described as her “soft female clavicles despite the crazy low body fat and a female neck on this probable double flipper.”Thankfully, Mulvaney laughed it off, quipping: “A double flipper?
I sound like a dolphin.”While the “transvestigation” trope is “not expressly identified as hate speech by social media platforms,” GLAAD notes that “such dehumanizing attacks on peoples’ bodies and identities are a harmful form of bullying and harassment.”A post shared by Dylan Mulvaney (@dylanmulvaney)Furthermore, it’s a ridiculous and easily debunked theory, considering Mulvaney’s transition was well-documented in her “365 Days of Girlhood” videos.“I just think we should check on our conspiracy theorist aunts because I do fear they.
