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Is it OK to dress up as Caitlyn Jenner?

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Halloween is weeks away but some costumes are already causing controversy online.

An outfit inspired by Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover has been called "transphobic" and "deplorable."

Another costume based on Cecil the Lion has been slated by an animal welfare charity.

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