Trans activist apologizes for going topless at a White House Pride event

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• White House Bars Topless Transgender Influencer From Events
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• White House bans ‘disrespectful’ topless trans influencer Rose Montoya

Montoya, 27, was barred from the executive mansion on Tuesday, as footage went viral of her pulling her shirt and cupping her breasts moments after meeting Biden on the South Lawn at a Pride party Saturday. Over the weekend, Montoya posted another video on TikTok in which she can be seen standing next to President Joe Biden at the White House. Montoya acknowledged the criticism on Friday and apologized to LGBTQ people who faced harassment as a result of the video. Some used the debacle to launch broader criticism of the trans community at large, lacing it with transphobic slurs. Montoya, 27, who goes by pronouns she/they, was among hundreds of people the Biden administration invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to celebrate Pride Month which is observed each June.

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She explained that she hadn’t planned to bare her chest at the event but joined the moment spontaneously. Chaya Raichik, who runs the Twitter Libs of TikTok hate account, shared the clip with her 2.2 million followers. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Montoya’s “behavior was simply unacceptable.” Jean-Pierre was responding to a question during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. In response, Ms Montoya said being topless in Washington was legal and she had no intention of being vulgar. Prominent military veterans have accused the Biden administration of diminishing the American flag by placing a Pride banner at the center of a display.

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Trans activist apologizes for going topless at a White House Pride event.

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On Monday, Montoya posted a video to her Instagram and TikTok accounts, recapping the White House picnic. "It has recently come to my attention that conservatives are trying to use the video of me topless at the White House to try to call the community groomers, etc.," Montoya said in a video posted to TikTok. "This behaviour is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House. It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance," Ms Jean-Pierre said.

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She then asked those who don’t believe that transgender people exist to pick a side of their argument. In recent months, the number of large U.S. brands being targeted with boycott calls has grown dramatically, as a host of different companies unveil products supporting Pride Month, which takes place every June. Companies supporting the LGBTQ+ community outside of Pride Month have also faced backlash from conservatives. Hundreds of guests were in attendance at the event, which the White House said was the largest Pride party ever hosted at the official home and office of the president. However, the White House is federal property, sometimes subject to stricter laws. Officials there didn’t immediately respond to a question about nudity rules on the grounds.

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Pride Month is being celebrated at a time when anti-transgender sentiment is rising in the United States, and brands including Target are facing boycotts over their Pride marketing and LGBTQ+ products. Meanwhile, state lawmakers have introduced at least 525 bills and enacted 78 bills that target the LGBTQ+ community in the current legislative session, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a group that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights. This year, at least 525 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced and at least 78 have been enacted by state lawmakers across 41 states, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a group advocating for such rights. Of those bills, more than 220 pieces of legislation explicitly target transgender people. “Individuals in the video certainly will not be invited to future events,” the press secretary said. ” It cuts to two transgender men flanking Montoya, shirtless, posing for the camera in front of the building.

A native Idahoan, Montoya spoke about trans people’s experiences at a National Press Club panel in D.C. On June 8 and was invited to a Pride Month celebration the following Saturday that was hosted by Biden and the first lady on the South Lawn. Montoya shared the racy footage Monday to Instagram along with a spliced-together video of the event, where the president and first lady Jill Biden delivered speeches to the hundreds of invitees in attendance. While conservatives took the lead in blasting Montoya, in comments on Twitter and Instagram, many seeming allies also were roundly critical of her behavior. "This is what happened on the White House lawn," tweeted Collin Rugg, co-owner of conservative commentary outlet Trending Politics. Montoya's minute-long video included shots of Biden delivering remarks, her meeting the president and first lady Jill Biden as well as posing with other attendees.

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"[Y]our feckless topless stunt has set us back further! Those of us who have been clawing and fighting for equality will not forgive you," one Instagram user commented under the video. As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed voters. That's why our journalism is free for everyone, even though other newsrooms retreat behind expensive paywalls.

White House bans ‘disrespectful’ topless trans influencer Rose Montoya

The event, which the administration described as the largest pride event in its history, was postponed because of poor air quality from the wildfires in Canada. (NewsNation) — The White House said transgender activist Rose Montoya would not be invited back to the White House after she went topless during a Pride Month event held on the South Lawn on Saturday. "This is what happened at the White House pride event. A disgrace to our country," the Libs of TikTok Twitter account wrote.

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Among the attendees was Montoya, a transgender rights activist who rose to prominence in 2021 for her educational social-media content about trans issues. On Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds of guests to a picnic on the South Lawn. It was part of a celebration of Pride Month and the administration's support for the LGBTQ+ community amid a flurry of anti-LGBTQ+ bills that have been introduced and passed across the country at the state level.

"This behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House," a White House spokesperson told Newsweek on Tuesday in response to the video. "It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance. Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events." The White House announced Wednesday that the transgender activist would no longer be invited to future events for taking her top off at the celebration on the South Lawn over the weekend.

“Going topless in DC is legal, and I fully support the movement to free the nipples. However, before coming out as trans, it was not,” she says in the response video, which has since been deleted. “It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance,” they added. A White House spokesman later said that Ms Montoya had been “inappropriate and disrespectful” and would not be invited to future events. "I had the honor of attending White House Pride, the largest one in history where the pride flag flew for the first time...This is trans joy. We're here at the white house unapologetically trans, queer, and brown," the caption of the video said.

The polyamorous model and trans rights advocate, who grew up in rural Idaho, did not immediately respond to an interview request. "Trans rights are human rights," Montoya says in the video while she shakes Biden's hand. Transgender influencer and activist Rose Montoya reacted to criticism she received for going topless at the White House over the weekend by saying that her decision was "perfectly in the law in Washington, D.C." "I am committed to using this moment as a catalyst for creating positive change both within myself and within the broader community and the world at large," she said. "It’s my sincere intention to actively promote empathy, equity, inclusion and understanding through my words and my actions and my advocacy efforts." So far this year, more than 490 anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed in state legislatures across the country — a historic first — according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Another user told Montoya that while they support her and everything that she stands for, "Exposing your breasts at this event did not help the cause." Transgender model and activist Rose Montoya invited controversy Saturday when she pulled down her top at a Pride celebration on the White House South Lawn after shaking hands with President Biden. Our journalists will continue to cover the twists and turns during this historic presidential election. With your help, we'll bring you hard-hitting investigations, well-researched analysis and timely takes you can't find elsewhere. Reporting in this current political climate is a responsibility we do not take lightly, and we thank you for your support. Transgender activist Rose Montoya is apologizing for going topless and jiggling her breasts at a White House Pride Month event last Saturday.

On Friday, Montoya posted a video on TikTok where she said she was sorry for baring her breasts at the event, which was intended to show the administration’s support of the LGBTQ+ community. “When families across the country face excruciating decisions to relocate to a different state to protect their child from dangerous anti-LGTBQ laws, we have to act. We need to push back against the hundreds of callous and cynical bills introduced in states targeting transgender children, terrifying families and criminalising doctors and nurses,” he said. In a short video shared to her Instagram page, Ms Montoya can be seen shaking Mr Biden’s hand and telling him “trans rights are human rights”. A transgender model who flashed her breasts at the White House has been branded “disrespectful” by the Joe Biden administration.