Trannies Trip Over Portrayal In Zoolander Trailer, Threaten To Boycott, Compare It To Blackface

The upcoming Zoolander sequel has come under fire after a new trailer was released featuring an androgynous model played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Critics are calling Cumberbatch's character, named 'All' in the film, a 'cartoonish mockery' of transgender, androgyne and non-binary individuals - and 'the modern equivalent of blackface'.

In the trailer, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are introduced to 'All', who has been dubbed the 'biggest supermodel in the world'

'Are you like a male model or a female model?' Stiller's Derek Zoolander asks All.

'All is All', replies Cumberbatch, who dons a long wig.

Owen Wilson's character Hansel then attempts to get a more clear answer.

'What I think he's asking is do you have a hot dog or a bun?' he asks.

Cumberbatch giggles and then responds 'Oops,' putting a hand to his mouth in mock shyness.

An online petition urging a boycott against the film - which will be released in February - has since garnered nearly 8,000 signatures.

Petition author Sarah Rose writes in the protest's description: 'Cumberbatch's character is clearly portrayed as an over-the-top, cartoonish mockery of androgyne/trans/non-binary individuals.

This is the modern equivalent of using blackface to represent a minority.

'If the producers and screenwriters of Zoolander wanted to provide social commentary on the presence of trans/androgyne individuals in the fashion industry, they could have approached models like Andreja Pejic to be in the film.'