Andrej Pejic On Dossier Cover: 'I Don't Think It Should Be Censored At All'

New York Magazine's Party Lines caught up with androgynous model Andrej Pejic this week and asked him about his recent Dossier cover that was reportedly censored by Borders and possibly Barnes & Noble.

We previously spoke with Dossier Co-Founder and Creative Director Skye Parrott who said that the bookstores asked for all copies of the magazine featuring Pejic taking off his button-down while his long blond locks are rolled in curlers to be placed in "opaque poly bags because even though they knew Andrej was a man, he looked too much like a woman, basically." Read more about that here.

Pejic told Party Lines, "I think the question really isn't the gender of the person on the cover, it's whether it's porn or it's art. And clearly, it's art, so art really should not be censored in a democratic society. But, you know, I have just been named the 98th sexiest woman in the world, so it makes the situation a little bit confusing for them." But, he added, "I don't think [the cover] should be censored at all."

Head over to The Cut for the rest.

Comments

[Tracy Webb]

08:44 AM on 06/21/2011

I'm all for the individuality of people...and I do think that this cover is indeed art. HOWEVER...he was "...named the 98th sexiest WOMAN"??? That I take offense too! He is clearly NOT a woman! No matter how people choose to represent themselves, there always has and always will be a distinction between the sexes!!!

[carmenalex]

02:29 PM on 06/01/2011

Oh my god! its MAN NIPPLES! Hide your kids!

[sushigirl]

08:42 PM on 05/30/2011

I just hate it when guys are prettier than me. I don't understand the censorship, if he didn't have curlers in his hair and he was on a yacht.......no problem. Too many prudes running around.

[carmenalex]

02:29 PM on 06/01/2011

I know....stick a trucker cap on him and presto...not porn anymore!

[FlowerGypsy]

02:59 PM on 05/29/2011

I don't understand why he has been censored. There is nothing lewd or pornographic about this cover whatsoever! Borders needs to chill out, get rid of that censorship!!

[by-the-sea-]

02:06 PM on 05/29/2011

Censorship should be censored!

[beautyontheinside]

04:45 AM on 05/29/2011

Awww poor little Borders and B

[Abigailia]

10:15 PM on 05/28/2011

We're all at once puritanical and over-sexed.

[jonathonz]

07:45 PM on 05/28/2011

I recently saw this guy in person. He is stunning.

[Skiwee]

02:27 PM on 05/28/2011

This is art, not porn.

[Alyssa D Mallozzi]

11:47 AM on 05/28/2011

Whether people love or hate him, that's their choice. I've seen haute couture that I find utterly revolting while others love it. An artist will always find something they like in this kind of field. I personally don't see what's so horrific about this photo. How is this obscene? I think he could use a little more weight and muscle tone, but he's a sight better than what you'd find in Playboy or something of that nature. That's just me. And have Borders or Barnes and Noble ever looked at the art books on their shelves? I daresay there's some images that are exponentially more graphic than this photo.
What one person find hideous another will find beautiful.

[spinnerette]

08:05 AM on 05/28/2011

What a beautiful creature. It doesn't matter what gender you assign. Why would anyone censor this?

[GBPackerfan]

12:28 AM on 05/28/2011

Drop and give me 20, kid. Doubt if he can.

[carmenalex]

02:28 PM on 06/01/2011

He doesn't have to, so it doesn't matter.

[MyElijah]

12:22 AM on 05/28/2011

Hmm??

[phenixx]

11:07 PM on 05/27/2011

So the truth comes out.. Men who are attracted to the super skinny model types are really attracted to other men, bc women have real curves. Lol!!

[littlebrowngirl]

08:43 PM on 05/27/2011

Love the photo.