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Story Updated : March 03, 2010 11:07:00 PM

Tabloid Mag: Is Angie Making Shiloh a Boy?


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“Why Is Angelina Turning Shiloh Into a Boy?” the cover of this week’s Life & Style magazine asks readers. Claiming Angelina Jolie refuses to let her 3-year-old daughter wear dresses and insists on calling her “John,” the accompanying article then cites “expert” opinions on whether the behavior is harmful to the child... including a rep for antigay group Focus on the Family.

"Little girls have never been women before. They need help, they need guidance of what that looks like,” Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton says in the magazine. “It’s important to teach our children that gender distinction is very healthy.”

Celebrity stylist Gili Rashal-Niv offers, "I get that times are tough but does Angie really need to have Shiloh sharing clothes with her brothers? Hopefully we won’t be seeing Maddox in one of Shiloh’s dresses any time soon.”

A spokesperson for Life & Style magazine issued the following statement to The Advocate:

Life & Style's cover story ‘Why Is Angelina Turning Shiloh Into a Boy?’ presents experts speaking from all viewpoints in the debate over Shiloh's new look, which immediately ignited controversy all across the media. The feature provides our readers with a comprehensive look inside one of the biggest entertainment news stories right now.”

But the National Center for Transgender Equality says the article is just pushing outdated stereotypes.

“The length of Shiloh's hair or the clothes she wears are really matters for her and her parents to decide; this is a family that is known for their fashion,” Justin Tanis, outreach manager for NCTE tells The Advocate. “What's important here is that every child, including Shiloh, has the opportunity to express herself and explore her world in a way that is safe and nurturing for her. Our society needs healthy, well-rounded children whose interests and tastes are as diverse as the children themselves and are not limited by outdated stereotypes of gender. Shiloh — and all other children — deserve the right to be themselves in ways that feel right to them as they learn and grow.”

Representatives from GLAAD have reached out to Life & Style to "educate the editors about how to fairly and accurately report on gender identity issues." Senior Director of Programs issued the following statement to The Advocate.

"Life & Style is way off the mark with this outrageous coverage. Perpetuating gender stereotypes and targeting children for ridicule about the way they dress is unacceptable, regardless of their parent’s celebrity status. Media has a responsibility to differentiate between credible authorities and politically motivated (and usually self-proclaimed) 'experts' like Focus on the Family's Glenn Stanton, who is not an expert on developmental issues or gender identity."

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Sarah
    Date posted: 8/9/2010 10:08:43 PM
    Hometown: Stafford

    Comment:

    Shiloh is 3 years old, today she says she wants her hair short, wants to be called John and doesn't want to wear dresses, next week she might want to be a fire engine! If your child is persistently telling you something is upsetting them, what do you do, ignore it, "correct them", or do something positive about it. Shiloh might turn out to be a boy, or might not, but why cause a 3 year old any more stress or harm? This is the 21st century, not the 19th century, and you can be anything you want to be, and stereotypes need not apply anymore, but to the evangelicals who are in uproar about this, remember that you are or claim to be a CHRISTIAN, therefore, you know it's not your job to judge others. If you want other to live their lives how you think is best, do so by example, not by bullying harrasment, and restricting other people's choices.

  • Name: creamonina
    Date posted: 7/23/2010 3:18:52 PM
    Hometown: Boston

    Comment:

    All I can say is Nicky, that is BY FAR the most interesting and rational thought I've seen on this page. nicely said.

  • Name: Sarah
    Date posted: 3/21/2010 11:48:46 PM
    Hometown: U.S.

    Comment:

    Angelina: "Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" Mirror: "Little Shiloh. She's more beautiful than you, and Brad loves her more than he loves you." Angelina: "Noooo!! Ahhhhh!" "I've got just the thing for little Shiloh. I'll dress her like a boy, make her look hideous and claim it's what she wants. Even though she's only a baby and could never decide to do that at 3, everyone will believe anything I say. The world will think she's a girl who wants to be a boy and they won't pay more attention to her than me. Brad will notice too, and won't like her as much. Hee, heeee! My evil wicked stepmother plan will work. I mean, errr, wicked mother plan will work!"

  • Name: Ant
    Date posted: 3/16/2010 6:21:33 PM
    Hometown: San Fran

    Comment:

    "I've never really felt Angelina has a close bond with Shiloh like she has with Maddox the other little girl, something is bit off there" How the hell do you get off judging a family you don't even know! Go get your own life, or (at the very least) go judge your friends and co-workers. Leave this innocent little girl and her family our of it.

  • Name: Kristen
    Date posted: 3/14/2010 5:18:24 AM
    Hometown: Cali

    Comment:

    If it was just anybody's kid, I'd be like, oh, she's just going through a phase, but let's face it, Angelina and Brad's parenting skills leave much to be desired. They don't know how to parent. I've heard Angelina in interviews (one with Matt Lauer) saying that they don't push rules or discipline onto the kids"... then why the heck are they parents!!! I can't imagine what kind of a zoo home life those kids have. I've never really felt Angelina has a close bond with Shiloh like she has with Maddox the other little girl, something is bit off there. I've always thought Angelina needed a lot of phychiatric treatment (cutting herself when she was younger, blood vials around her neck) I mean come on, she has some deep-rooted mental problems and didn't need to have all these kids until she got some help. And Brad, oh man, he looks like he checked out a little while back. He has no backbone and finally decided not to stand up to Angelina. I just don't think Ang treats Shiloh the same.

  • Name: angel
    Date posted: 3/10/2010 12:12:17 PM
    Hometown: flushing

    Comment:

    Hey sam! You did answer to her comment!? So are you reading the comments to make a spelling check or to say something about shiloh? Hey people make mistakes, you misspelled God, you wrote Gowd! So just get a job!

  • Name: silda
    Date posted: 3/6/2010 8:44:33 PM
    Hometown: bronx ny

    Comment:

    Oh! And by the way, I am a Christian and very happy, I don't need the things this world offers, cause those are things that give you happiness for a moment only. My. Jesus gives me happiness forever, I'm not perfect, but he is changing me little by little. Seek a church Rodriguez! Or you are going to bust hell right open. Jesus loves you too.

  • Name: silda
    Date posted: 3/6/2010 7:55:47 PM
    Hometown: bronx,ny

    Comment:

    This goes for you Rodriguez, you are probably as inmoral as them, and that's the reason why you defend them, but you know what? There is redemption for you too, I'm not even arguing with you! I think only inmature people don't take this as a serious matter, when it really is. And wht I meant was that God does judge you for your actions, and just as she did to Jenny? She did to her, but she knew it was coming, that's wht happens when you do mean things to others, you are juged for it, and it goes back to you. Ok, so if you are as them, you won't understand what I mean. So YOU SHUT UP!!!

  • Name: Sam Rodriguez
    Date posted: 3/6/2010 7:09:35 PM
    Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

    Comment:

    Silda I'm not even going to respond to your bullshit because I didn't finish reading it. But I will say this SHUT THE FUCK UP! And get spell check you fucking moron. Honestly who misspells 'they'? or 'of' for that matter. Gawd you religious types are not only ignorant when it comes to social issues you're just stupid all around. No wonder Sarah Palin is your leader. How exactly are the progressives in this country getting their ass kicked by this inbred redneck is beyond me.

  • Name: silda
    Date posted: 3/6/2010 6:09:09 PM
    Hometown: bronx

    Comment:

    I think celebrities in general, are inmoral people that think that because they are wealthy people, they have the right ot change sexes, behave in an ugly manner and corrupt all the youth of this world. That is the reason why we see what we see in this generation, because no one fears God, thay no longer have any beliefs, so now we see all of this things, kids don't want to be like their parents, they just want to be famous, but what they don't know is that behind a famous life, is unhappiness, drugs, infidelity, husbans and wives cheating on each other etc.... so we all know angie for being an inmoral person, she needs to repent and ask Od to forgive her, that why she can become the wife she needs to be, the mother she needs to be and make heaven her home, and also find a Godly man who can respect her as a wife, not as a piece of crap, we knew it was going to happen, that just as he cheated on jenn, he was going to do the same to her, but that's God's judgement on her. She got in to ir

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