Whitlock: Sports Illustrated ‘Swimsuit Issue’ another historic moment in the rewriting of American history



The left-wing obsession with placing itself on the right side of the fraudulent history that corporate media plans to write reached a historic zenith yesterday. At least Sports Illustrated thinks so.

The formerly iconic sports magazine trumpeted its 2021 Swimsuit Issue with bold proclamations about its history-making trifecta of cover models.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is the first Haitian and Japanese cover model.

Megan Thee Stallion is the first rapper and uncastrated male horse cover model.

And Leyna Bloom, well, she's the GOAT of GOATs. Bloom is the first transgender cover model.

But that's not all. Osaka, Thee Stallion, and Bloom are the first trio of black people to grace the cover of SI's Swimsuit Issue.

Yesterday, blue-check Twitter and legacy media partied like it was 2099 and the Great Reset was celebrating its 70th birthday.

Cosmopolitan magazine tweeted with glee. "Megan Thee Stallion makes history as the first rapper ever to pose for 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' cover."

Page Six tweeted about Bloom and Osaka. Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, the Today Show all threw Twitter confetti high in the air. This is progress. This is history. This is a transformational moment in American culture. This is Neil Armstrong taking one giant leap for mankind.

This swimsuit edition reminds me of other great moments in black history. My parents remember exactly where they were in 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. My grandparents fondly remember when Jesse Owens took four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics. Has anyone forgotten that day in 1974 when Hank Aaron smashed home run number 715 and surpassed Babe Ruth?

Who will forget this moment when desperate editors of a failing magazine resorted to a publicity stunt exploiting racial tension and gender dysphoria?

"This moment heals a lot of pain in the world," Leyna Bloom tweeted. "We deserve this moment; we have waited millions of years to show up as survivors and be seen as full humans filled with wonder."

I get Bloom's joy. Gender dysphoria is a serious issue. I'm not going to begrudge Bloom and other transgenders their sense of normalcy.

My problem is with packaging of gender dysphoria with the black race. Sports Illustrated made intentional, calculated choices. The company injected race into the Swimsuit equation. These choices are subjective. No one earns the Swimsuit cover. It's given. It's not an accomplishment. It's affirmative action.

There was a time when magazines such as Sports Illustrated gained attention celebrating the actual history-making accomplishments of all athletes. Now, legacy print publications and corporate media outlets troll the public for relevance and cast their virtue signals as historic moments.

Why wouldn't they? They plan to write the history your grandchildren and great-grandchildren will read. In the world that corporate media are plotting, immoral, pornographic rappers will be portrayed as thought leaders and public intellectuals. Biological men with the balls to surgically transition to women will be described as heroes and every bit as courageous as the soldiers who stormed Normandy.

In the aftermath of the Great Reset, the Christian values that led this country down the path to freedom and greatness will be characterized as evil.

My problem is that the puppet masters are using race and racism as the Trojan horses to socially engineer America into a new reality. No one made history with the SI covers. The Swimsuit Issue is the further rewriting of history. It's another companion to the New York Times' 1619 Project. Let's call it the 36-24-36 Project, written by the Alphabet Mafia.

Transgender model, biological male, makes cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue



For the first time ever, a transgender person has been chosen to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated's famed swimsuit issue.

Leyna Bloom — a transgender model and actress who was born a biological male but underwent a gender transition later in life — was featured on the annual magazine's cover, which was released Monday.

Bloom, who is well-known in the fashion industry, announced the news on Instagram to their 400,000 followers, writing, "This moment heals a lot of pain in the world. We deserve this moment; we have waited millions of years to show up as survivors and be seen as full humans filled with wonder."


"I have dreamt a million beautiful dreams, but for girls like me, most dreams are just fanciful hopes in a world that often erases and omits our history and even existence," Bloom continued. "This moment is so powerful because it allows me to live forever even after my physical form is gone. Not a lot of people get to live in the future, so at this moment, I'm proudly choosing to live forever."

Speaking about Bloom's appearance on the cover of the issue, Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition editor MJ Day said, "Leyna is legendary in the world of activism, strikingly gorgeous, and has an undeniable sense of self that shines through the minute she walks on set.

"Her story represents one grounded in resilience, and we couldn't be more thrilled to help her tell it. Her presence as the first trans woman of color to be in our issue is a result of her lifetime dedication to forging her own path," Day added.

In a video published by BuzzFeed LGBTQ in 2017, Bloom recalled experiencing a desire to be a woman from a young age as they "gravitated towards more feminine objects." Bloom's father reportedly encouraged the gender transition.

At the age of 17, Bloom moved to New York City to pursue fashion and modeling. Despite facing some initial rejection, Bloom eventually jumpstarted a promising career. According to Page Six, Bloom has appeared in Vogue India, campaigns for H&M and Levi's, and starred in a runway gig for Tommy Hilfiger.

Bloom told Page Six that being featured on SI's swimsuit issue cover is just the beginning.

"We just honestly have to keep moving," the model said. "This is not my first time making history, and this is probably not going to be my last. I want to just go out in the world and not limit myself. The world is changing and people need to see the fact that, wow, this is the beginning of it. This is what it looks like, and it's so beautiful."

Gender fluid model becomes first male finalist in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit search



For the first time in the 57-year history of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, a male model is being considered to grace the pages of the annual publication. Lewis Freese was named to one of the coveted finalist spots, which were reserved for females in previous years.

Freese is a 21-year-old full-time student from Minneapolis. After a virtual casting call, Freese was named one of the 15 finalists who will be considered for the 2021 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, beating out thousands of other models.

At this time, Freese is unsure what gender he is.

"Going through this process I have learned so much about myself and most importantly my identity," Freese said in an Instagram post."To be honest, I have no clue where my gender really falls at the moment but all I can do is take things day by day and share every moment with all of you."

Freese encouraged his followers, regardless of their gender or sexuality, to assist him in fighting "boundaries" by putting pronouns in their social media biographies to help "normalize gender fluidity."

"I want to work with Sports Illustrated so we can stop those who judge, criticize, or hate on those who are choosing to be themselves," Freese stated. "No longer should a man or woman feel they need to fit certain gender standards, no longer should stereotypes exist for sexual orientations, no longer should people hide their authentic character."

Freese advises anyone who doesn't like his photos to "look away."

In his Sports Illustrated swim search audition tape, Freese said he was "obsessed" with SI models such as Kate Upton and Ashley Graham because they inspired him to be confident in who he was.

"But as a man and as a teenager, I felt so embarrassed and ashamed of that because I was told for so long I had to look up to men and I had to aspire to be something that a man would be and not a woman," Freese said. "I've learned that that's absolutely not true."

"Sports Illustrated Swimsuit is literally one of the most inspirational and encouraging brands I have ever come across in my life," Freese noted. "Regardless of your body, race, age, gender, or sexuality, their goal is to embrace and empower every single person for who they are.

"The entire concept of being the first male does not phase me," Freese told People. "I really don't view myself as the first but as the next. The next model to break a barrier, the next model to have these uncomfortable conversations, the next model to be unapologetically myself.

"I am so grateful to be a part of a group of finalists who all represent completely different messages, yet have the same goal, to further inclusivity," Freese said.

Sports Illustrated has made a concerted effort to break the mold of prototypical swimsuit models that the publication has featured for decades. Recent diverse SI models include Yumi Nu, who is the publication's first "Asian curve model."

Last month, Leyna Bloom became the first black and Asian trans woman to appear on the swimsuit issue. In 2019, Valentina Sampaio was the first transgender model to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Registered nurse Maggie Rawlins from South Carolina, who put her modeling career on hold to focus on being a front-line worker during the COVID-19 pandemic, will also be featured in the magazine's swimsuit special.

The 2021 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits newsstands on July 20.