Cis cosplayer whose transphobic cosplay was promoted by CDPR/Cyberpunk: "Cis men and women face acts of violence on a daily basis as well."

[ZeoVGM]

A week ago, we had a thread pointing out that CDPR's Cyberpunk Twitter account was promoting a cis cosplayer who was fetishizing the trans experience.



I thought a new thread would be appropriate for where the story has gone, to put more of a spotlight on it as the cosplayer herself has revealed herself to be unmistakably transphobic while CDPR keeps their tweet promoting her up:



Over the past week, she has also liked a number of transphobic tweets such as the following:





It's very difficult to believe that CDPR isn't seeing any of this. They still have their tweet up and they still have not commented on the issue. They simply do not care -- while profiting over the fetishization of trans people -- and that is becoming more and more clear each day.

 

[blonded]

that's some all lives matter shit

 

[Cosmic Voyager]

Fuck her

 

[Zealuu]

"All people have their own struggles" is ... not a great response when faced with the systemic oppression of a minority.

 

[Empyrean Cocytus]

This is the equivalent of white people hating on BLM because white people also face police brutality.

 

[HStallion]

Ahh gotta love a good what-aboutism.

Wonder when we start hearing about the trans friends they have.

 

[Dr. Monkey]

I just cannot see myself giving them so much as a dollar.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Shut the fuck up

 

[ekim]

This is the blueprint of whataboutism. smh.
Why do people not understand that Transphobia/Homophobia is a general problem whereas instances of violence against CIS people are not.

 

[Midas]

Haha, that's the stupidest thing I've read in a while.

 

[Jegriva]

Oh, go fuck yourself. We poor cis people, getting "harrassed" by the "gay cabala".

 

[BobLoblaw]

This shit is really pissing me off.

 

[SanTheSly]

Bruh

 

[Richietto]

I didn't expect someone who actually thought making a cosplay like that was okay to be a good person but damn what a response. She can eat fuckin' shit.

 

[ZixlerBavala]

This is all kinds of yikes and, adding to the whole crunch debacle, is just convincing me to wait and buy a used Complete Edition copy two years from now.

 

[Deleted member 13015]

Oh Lord...

Imbeciles.

 

[fracas]

Man I really don't think I can support CP2077. Maybe a used copy at best. I just do not feel comfortable giving this company money.

 

[TheChungusAmongUs]

 

[Semfry]

Of course they're a TERF 🚮

 

[knightmawk]

I love that one of the arguments is that it's high quality so it doesn't matter if it's offensive. That glowing penis isn't even in the right spot.

 

[Deleted member 10193]

Oh dear. She could have just apologised or said nothing... Fuck her and CDPR.

 

[Majora's Mask]

Oh, so her cosplay was not out of ignorance but she is actually dumb as fuck.

 

[Deleted member 44129]

Please excuse my ignorance.... But if a person does non-binary clothing cosplay and is "fetishizing the trans experience", wouldnt that make that person part of the trans community? Wearing not binary clothing, or dressing as a different gender would be classed as being a transvestite, wouldnt it? I have a feeling someone might correct me on this statement, so I'll say in advance I'm asking because I want to learn. If this comes across as offensive, that is not my intention. I'm all ears.

Edit: I googled to find if the phrase "transvestite" itself is considered offensive. Articles say it is, yet I know someone that I used to work with that would refer to themself as a transvestite (but we used to call them "her" when he was dressed in womnen's clothes as per their request)

Edit 2: I think a key distinction here that I also may have missed is that the cosplay was a one off "for the novelty", rather than it being a central part of the cosplayers identity.

Edit 3: "Cis men and women face acts of violence on a daily basis as well" is unpleasant. Might as well yell "Straight lives matter" at someone.

 

[Yuntu]

Fuck her. Like just ... yeah fuck her.

She ain't worth the time and CDPR has to stop doing this shit.

 

[Karlinel]

"Everybody has some degree of inconvenience in their daily lives, so why bother about systematic violence and mistreatment of marginalized people!"
It's rather telling this is considered an accepted response in those circles.

 

[Belladonna]

Oh jesus. Fuck that noise.

 

[El Bombastico]

...what the FUCK!?

 

[GooberDooberCBC]

Yeah this is fucked up, I was planning on getting this game on release. However, I am definitely not getting this game anymore. I cannot sit ideally by and support them when they repeatedly continue to disrespect trans and non-binary people.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Fuck this person, fuck CDPR. They knew exactly what they were doing with this cosplay and promoting it.

 

[dustyherb]

Seriously just fuck off. And fuck CDPR for not doing shit.

 

[Kinsei]

Please excuse my ignorance.... But if a person does cosplay and is "fetishizing the trans experience", wouldnt that make that person part of the trans community? Wearing not binary clothing, or dressing as a different gender would be classed as being a transvestite, wouldnt it? I have a feeling someone might correct me on this statement, so I'll say in advance I'm asking because I want to learn. If this comes across as offensive, that is not my intention. I'm all ears.

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She decided to cosplay a fetishized ad of a trans person from Cyberpunk 2077 then decided to go even further and give herself a blowing non blue penis.

 

[Kinggroin]

This is the equivalent of white people hating on BLM because white people also face police brutality.

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EXACTLY

 

[The Gold Hawk]

So they just came out with an equivalent of "All Lives Matter" Cool cool cool.

How can every single piece of information about this game make it shittier. That's almost impressive if it wasn't infuriating and sad.

 

[Majora's Mask]

Please excuse my ignorance.... But if a person does non-binary clothing cosplay and is "fetishizing the trans experience", wouldnt that make that person part of the trans community? Wearing not binary clothing, or dressing as a different gender would be classed as being a transvestite, wouldnt it? I have a feeling someone might correct me on this statement, so I'll say in advance I'm asking because I want to learn. If this comes across as offensive, that is not my intention. I'm all ears.

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I suggest you take a look at the thread that compiles all CDPR offenses towards the trans community. They explain very well why it's wrong. Also, I say this as someone that is cis and not part of the trans community: pleasd educate yourself. We should not be relying on the trans community to explain to us over and over why this shit is wrong.

 

[OrangeNova]

Please excuse my ignorance.... But if a person does cosplay and is "fetishizing the trans experience", wouldnt that make that person part of the trans community? Wearing not binary clothing, or dressing as a different gender would be classed as being a transvestite, wouldnt it? I have a feeling someone might correct me on this statement, so I'll say in advance I'm asking because I want to learn. If this comes across as offensive, that is not my intention. I'm all ears.

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Not at all, your clothes don't make your gender or sexuality. A cosplayer is a cosplayer, they decided to take a job from CDPR instead of passing it to a trans cosplayer, and then decided to make the fake dick glow blue. They're turning a marginalized group of people into a fetish object with this costume.

 

[Jarmel]

damn, people really don't know when to shut the fuck up

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Disgusting. How they can't see that cis people aren't targeted, harassed and murdered for simply being cis is disturbing. Equating them as being the same is awful.

 

[modestb]

"This marketing from a dystopian future is meant to show the commoditization and abuse of people's bodies and sexualities"

five minutes later..

*uses the exact same imagery to promote and celebrate their own game*

 

[FormatCompatible]

Yuck, of course she would be one those people. What a fucking idiot.

 

[Billfisto]

Please excuse my ignorance.... But if a person does non-binary clothing cosplay and is "fetishizing the trans experience", wouldnt that make that person part of the trans community? Wearing not binary clothing, or dressing as a different gender would be classed as being a transvestite, wouldnt it? I have a feeling someone might correct me on this statement, so I'll say in advance I'm asking because I want to learn. If this comes across as offensive, that is not my intention. I'm all ears.

Edit: I googled to find if the phrase "transvestite" itself is considered offensive. Articles say it is, yet I know someone that I used to work with that would refer to themself as a transvestite (but we used to call them "her" when he was dressed in womnen's clothes as per their request)

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Wearing a sombrero and poncho on Halloween doesn't make you a Mexican. It makes you an asshole.

Same deal here.

 

[Mesoian]

Not since I watched teenage girls turn their skin burnt red with bronzer in attempts to cosplay black characters out of a need for "A U T H E N T I C I T Y" have I seen such a weak argument.

 

[dabri]

Her response is pretty tone deaf but honestly I'm not surprised considering where she is from. Some countries/ parts of the world just aren't at the same level of understanding/ tolerance as others. Doesn't make it right. Just not surprised.

 

[bastardly]

hard to believe people can be this fucking dense these days, pretty revealing

 

[grunkleFungus]

I love that one of the arguments is that it's high quality so it doesn't matter if it's offensive. That glowing penis isn't even in the right spot.

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It's also upside down in the cosplay and poster in game, lmao

 

[A Grizzly Bear]

"This marketing from a dystopian future is meant to show the commoditization and abuse of people's bodies and sexualities"

five minutes later..

*uses the exact same imagery to promote and celebrate their own game*

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CDPR has been talking out of both sides of their mouth for the entirety of this games existence.

 

[poptire]

Jesus, how do people not comprehend the fact that nobody targets cis people BECAUSE they're cis? Yes, bad stuff happens to them, but it's not for systemic reasons.

 

[Massicot]

" [chromanticore is] displayed there just as a thing, and that's the terrible part of it "

..by the way, check out this cosplay!!

 

[Razmos]

As trashy as expected of someone promoted by CDPR. You know, that company making a game about capitalism gone mad while stanning for Elon Musk and having product placement

 

[rsfour]

Stay shit cdpr supporters. The company and this cosplayer can go eat shit.

 

[Matzpxl]

It just gets worse