National Geographic Transgender Cover Girl Avery Jackson: KC Family Receives Threats
It didn’t take long for two public reactions to erupt on the announcement this month that Avery Jackson, a 9-year-old girl from Kansas City, would be the first known transgender individual to be pictured on the cover of National Geographic.
The first and most overwhelming reaction to her appearance on one version of the magazine’s January cover continues to be an outpouring of support.
Avery Jackson is on the cover of the home-delivery version of January’s National Geographic magazine. i Avery Jackson is on the cover of the home-delivery version of January’s National Geographic magazine.
The second: hate — scorching and violent messages. One suggested that the only way Avery would be safe is if her mother were “exterminated.”
“It’s a bunch of internet trolls,” said Debi Jackson, 42, Avery’s mother. “And what they do for fun is find people to make fun of and start threads. This one particular group likes to target the trans community — a lot of them try to target people and harass them so much so that they’ll commit suicide.
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