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Fortune
Prarthana Prakash

Britain’s largest coffee chain is facing boycott over its illustration of a transgender person

A Latte is poured into a branded Costa Coffee mug (Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Costa Coffee has come under fire on social media for a transgender illustration on one of its mobile vans. Users have been using the hashtag #boycottcostacoffee on Twitter—now known as X— to vent their feelings towards the U.K.’s largest coffee chain.

The illustration in Costa’s ad shows a person with scars on the chest, akin to those of people who get double mastectomies or “top surgery.”

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