Candace Owens Defends Brittany Aldean in Transphobia Controversy
before-and-after makeup video of herself on Instagram along with the following caption: "I'd really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase.
I love this girly life."After backlash from artists including Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope, Candace Owens took up for Aldean, responding to Morris, "It's easier to not castrate your children.
But I guess whatever helps sell bad records."Brittany's and Owens' remarks come at a time when states including Florida and Texas have sought to criminalize gender transitioning, for example by investigating for abuse parents who seek gender-affirming care for their children.According to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), "Infants are assigned a sex at birth, 'male' or 'female,' based on the appearance of their external anatomy, and an M or an F is written on the birth certificate.
However, the development of the human body is a complex process, and sex is not solely determined by anatomy, nor is it strictly binary."But gender identity, according to GLAAD, is "a person's internal, deeply held knowledge of their own gender.
