We don’t know whether the private parts in this ad belong to Miss Carrera. It’s safe to assume they’ve been Photoshopped onto her body. Either way, you can see the full, uncensored shots here.
Planned each year by the nonprofit organization AIDS LIFE, the Life Ball is one of the largest AIDS charity events in the world. Attracting celebrities, artists, designers, activists, and politicians from around the globe. The Life Ball is also recognized for its breathtaking live performances focusing attention on AIDS awareness.
Photographer David LaChapelle meeting at IUAV University, 2017 in Venice, Italy
Photographer David LaChapelle says the two advertisements, showing trans icon Carmen Carrera with both a penis and vulva, fit the event’s theme:
“Gender lines are blurred and every person is unique in how they see themselves. For me the body is more than something to be looked at as an object of sexual gratification. The body is a beautiful housing for the soul that we are celebrating in this picture.”
David LaChapelle on his art direction for the Carmen Carrera photoshoot
Carrera famously told Katie Couric earlier that year that she was offended by people talking about her genitals. On the topic of this advertisement, she says, “Your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality.”
So what’s your take on all of this? We personally think it’s her body, she can do whatever she wants. Slay, queen!
(… headline :)….
“your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality”
My gender matters to me. I just have a problem with closed-minded gender roles.Either” don’t talk about my genitals” nor “talk 24 hours about my genitals” is the right thing to me.Maybe I merely represent a boring average in ” genital talk”?
Just because she shows her body in an ad doesn’t mean she can’t think it’s rude to be constantly questioned about her genitals. The tone of this article seems unnecessarily bitchy, like someone who’s pissed because a woman won’t answer his invasive questions but she still has the AUDACITY TO SHOW OFF HER BODY WHEN SHE DECIDES SHE WANTS TO. How dare she!
Carmen is more than her genitals and she wants people to know that. It doesn’t mean she can’t ever flaunt her body or pose nude. You need to calm down with this.
I think these pictures are really cool! She refuses to confine herself to a single gender identity. Sexual and gender fluidity are what we’re all about! Good stuff.
Isn’t this a gay/queer site? So why can’t Queerty show the genitals. All of the men on here have seen penises (I hope), and we all came out of a uterus (if not a vulva), so what’s the big deal?
Why is a ball popular with homosexual men using a woman’s body in the ad? Are the organizers afraid of the male body? Hasn’t Austria already imposed on us a warped version of male homosexuality in the form of the horrible Conchita Wurst?
@michael mellor:
The Life Ball is one of the biggest AIDS Charity Events worldwide.
The central message is more “Tolerance and Acceptance” for ALL people.
Can not imagine that someone has invited you…
@Lvng1tor: Uh both pictures have a huge amount AIRBRUSHING so don’t get so excited about how they look.
I think it’s highly hypercritical of Carmen to say don’t or stop talking about my genitals and then pose nude. By posing nude she’s not only inviting conversation about her genitals she drowning direct attention to them. Having two pictures one with a penis and one without is also a contridictery because we all known Carmen isn’t fully women she has a penis… and yes thats my opinion doesn’t mean anyone else has to agree with it so don’t go all bonkers over it.
@sweetbrandigirl2004: OMG! SERIOUSLY! AN AD HAS AIRBRUSHING? NOOOOOOO! Sorry was that dripping with sarcasm? Did I go too “bonkers” for you? She still looks beautiful in my eyes in both pics.
@TerrenM: I 100% agree, He was super hot. And hung huge, on RuPaul’s Drag Race he would stand among the rest of the queens stark naked and a few of them made comments about how huge he was…….
Nothing against him transitioning, wondering if he could donate that dong to some needy guy out there??? :p
@Lvng1tor: No you didn’t ! Your free to believe anything you like as well as have your own opinion, but me myself I’m a realist and the fact remains the pictures have been highly altered as we all known Carmen has a penis so the point of these pictures is directly contradictory to her stop talking about my genitals plea.
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Qjersey
The usually trans activists are very quiet on this one…hmmm.
I think it’s offensive, clueless and being provocative for the sake of being provocative.
toberlin
(… headline :)….
“your gender should not matter in your heart or in the way you express your personality”
My gender matters to me. I just have a problem with closed-minded gender roles.Either” don’t talk about my genitals” nor “talk 24 hours about my genitals” is the right thing to me.Maybe I merely represent a boring average in ” genital talk”?
Cam
If Huffington Post can show the picture why can’t Queerty?
TerrenM
She was MUCH hotter as a boy!!! But hey, I’m gay. So what do I know?!
tigglywuff
Just because she shows her body in an ad doesn’t mean she can’t think it’s rude to be constantly questioned about her genitals. The tone of this article seems unnecessarily bitchy, like someone who’s pissed because a woman won’t answer his invasive questions but she still has the AUDACITY TO SHOW OFF HER BODY WHEN SHE DECIDES SHE WANTS TO. How dare she!
Carmen is more than her genitals and she wants people to know that. It doesn’t mean she can’t ever flaunt her body or pose nude. You need to calm down with this.
Lvng1tor
Carmen looks beautiful in both pictures. That’s all I have to say on this matter.
Fang
I think these pictures are really cool! She refuses to confine herself to a single gender identity. Sexual and gender fluidity are what we’re all about! Good stuff.
Kangol
Isn’t this a gay/queer site? So why can’t Queerty show the genitals. All of the men on here have seen penises (I hope), and we all came out of a uterus (if not a vulva), so what’s the big deal?
michael mellor
Why is a ball popular with homosexual men using a woman’s body in the ad? Are the organizers afraid of the male body? Hasn’t Austria already imposed on us a warped version of male homosexuality in the form of the horrible Conchita Wurst?
jayj150
Yeah, he looks very natural, not medically fabricated at all.
toberlin
@michael mellor:
The Life Ball is one of the biggest AIDS Charity Events worldwide.
The central message is more “Tolerance and Acceptance” for ALL people.
Can not imagine that someone has invited you…
sweetbrandigirl2004
@Lvng1tor: Uh both pictures have a huge amount AIRBRUSHING so don’t get so excited about how they look.
I think it’s highly hypercritical of Carmen to say don’t or stop talking about my genitals and then pose nude. By posing nude she’s not only inviting conversation about her genitals she drowning direct attention to them. Having two pictures one with a penis and one without is also a contridictery because we all known Carmen isn’t fully women she has a penis… and yes thats my opinion doesn’t mean anyone else has to agree with it so don’t go all bonkers over it.
Lvng1tor
@sweetbrandigirl2004: OMG! SERIOUSLY! AN AD HAS AIRBRUSHING? NOOOOOOO! Sorry was that dripping with sarcasm? Did I go too “bonkers” for you? She still looks beautiful in my eyes in both pics.
jayj150
@Lvng1tor: If you take away the airbrushing, the hormones, the implants and the surgeries, all you are left with is a self-hating, troubled gay man.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
@TerrenM: I 100% agree, He was super hot. And hung huge, on RuPaul’s Drag Race he would stand among the rest of the queens stark naked and a few of them made comments about how huge he was…….
Nothing against him transitioning, wondering if he could donate that dong to some needy guy out there??? :p
sweetbrandigirl2004
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS: I think He/She wants to keep the dong !
sweetbrandigirl2004
@Lvng1tor: No you didn’t ! Your free to believe anything you like as well as have your own opinion, but me myself I’m a realist and the fact remains the pictures have been highly altered as we all known Carmen has a penis so the point of these pictures is directly contradictory to her stop talking about my genitals plea.