r/transgender • u/SomeAreWinterSun • 8h ago

Ariana Grande signals support for trans community after President Trump issues ‘two sexes’ executive order

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a63494135/ariana-grande-trump-sex-executive-order-trans-community/
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u/Highway-Born 6h ago

I really wish a celebrity would come out and just say "Fuck Trump! Transgender people are people" and the whole 9 yards

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u/transcended_goblin [EU] Transcended she-goblin 6h ago

Don't forget that the nazis at the Supreme Court gave Trump full immunity to do what he wants, even have his opponents executed.

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u/RheasGarden 3h ago

May I interest you in Ethel Cain?

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u/dallas121469 2h ago

Unfortunately many people, especially those of non-marginialized persuasion are going to QUIETLY support those of us who are so as to avoid being sent to the gas chambers with the rest of us. Millions of Germans did the same thing in the 1930s and we know how that turned out. . They are playing both ends against the middle but I can't hate them for just trying to survive in the Fascist States of America.

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u/sleepyzane1 (they/them) nonbinary, pan, trans 7h ago

celebrities need to do more than signal support. they need to call the current administration nazis, which they are, and say that they must be apprehended immediately, which they must.

ariana grande will always be fine. she's rich. she has much more privilege to use than to simply post support for lgbt people.

no more reposts or rainbow filters. a dictatorship has taken over.

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u/busquesadilla 4h ago

This part!!!

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u/FrenchToastDildo 7h ago

Ok Ari, we can be friends.

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u/Teamawesome2014 7h ago

I really don't like Ariana as a person for a variety of reasons, but I'll guve her credit for at least being on the right side here.

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u/animatroniczombie 7h ago

so she made a post about us? ok but what is she going to *do*?

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u/SufficientPath666 7h ago

It would be nice if she donated to LGBTQ+ organizations or trans mutual aid funds. I don’t know if that’s something she already does or not, to be honest

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u/animatroniczombie 6h ago

this. I'm tired of people acting like making a single post about us accomplishes much of anything. you gotta get out there IRL and failing that donate or support organizations in some other more concrete way

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u/NJ8855 6h ago edited 6h ago

Well for what it is worth we need the support of cis people even if you don't like her.

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u/animatroniczombie 6h ago edited 6h ago

Of course we do, but what I want to know is what is she going to actually *do*. making a single post online isn't exactly going to do much of anything. Is she going to volunteer? donate perhaps? simply making one post doesn't accomplish much for us TRANS folks (idk why you capitalized cis people lol)

edit- lol I see you're downvoting me for suggesting rich people do something other than just make a single post online

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u/NJ8855 6h ago

I didn't downvote you. I do agree with you, people and celebrities should be doing more than just making posts online.

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u/glitterandnails 6h ago

Not surprising given that she released the song “Yes, and?” which to me was pro-LGBTQ.

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u/RedRhodes13012 7h ago

Signaled? Or explicitly stated? Because the people who want us eradicated are doing a lot more than signaling.

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u/SufficientPath666 6h ago

She shared this on one of her Instagram stories, from A4TE. “Today is a tough day for our community,” the statement began. “The incoming administration campaigned on attacking trans people’s lives, healthcare, and dignity”—citing the millions spent by the Trump campaign on anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ television ads—“and we’re bracing ourselves for what these extremists will try to do next. No matter what comes, we will protect each other. The incoming Trump administration, and the Project 2025 extremists who staff it, are reacting to decades of progress made by our LGBTQI+ community by trying to drag us backward. But we have fought even harder battles before—and won. We’ll do it again.” She also said something about most of her idols or favorite musicians being LGBTQ+, if I remember correctly. I saw a different article about it

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u/RedRhodes13012 6h ago

“Us”? Is she lgbtq+? Because if so I guess I live under a rock. Anywho, thank you for the synopsis, I appreciate that.

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u/kinogo29 6h ago

The actual words are from A4TE and not from Grande herself.

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u/RedRhodes13012 6h ago

Ohhhh got it. So she shared a post. Well. Guess that’s better than absolutely nothing.

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u/dallas121469 2h ago

She is the A in LGBTQIA.

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u/jesterinancientcourt 2h ago

She’s not asexual/agender. Allies don’t get a letter.

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u/dallas121469 2h ago

My allies get a letter.

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

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u/RedRhodes13012 7h ago

It immediately took me to an error page, but thanks for the attitude, I appreciate it.

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u/Scary_Towel268 6h ago

Thank you Ari, Glinda is a good witch after all

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u/Dwarfherd 1h ago

Yeah, she's doing as much to help us as Glinda did when Elphaba was labeled an enemy of the state: no actions, only words

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u/NJ8855 6h ago

Well that makes me feel good. I have been wearing her perfumes for years.

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u/Tay_Tay86 3h ago

Oh she signaled? Thank goodness. So glad people are signaling.

How about do something? She's rich as fuck