The IKEA shark, Blåhaj, unexpectedly became an iconic mascot for transgender people, gaining a large following on social media. Transgender TikTok stars pointed out that ...
The IKEA shark, Blåhaj, unexpectedly became an iconic mascot for transgender people, gaining a large following on social media. Transgender TikTok stars pointed out that this "strange sense of transgender solidarity" gave the community something to connect with. This phenomenon forms an interesting contrast with the emergence of the trans sex doll—on the one hand, the community tends to use cute, non-sexual shark dolls as symbols of self-identity; on the other hand, highly sexualized trans sex dolls have appeared on the market.