Topless Trans Woman at White House Pride Event Sparks Outrage
TikTok video that showed her topless during a Pride Month celebration at the White House sparked outrage.Rose Montoya was among hundreds welcomed by President Joe Biden on Saturday for a celebration on the South Lawn described by the administration as the largest Pride event ever hosted at the White House.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."I had the honor of attending White House Pride, the largest one in history where the pride flag flew for the first time," Montoya wrote in the caption of her TikTok video. "This is trans joy.
We're here at the white house unapologetically trans, queer, and brown."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.It was a brief shot where Montoya is seen topless with her hands covering her breasts alongside two others that prompted an edited version of her video to be circulated on Twitter by conservatives."This is what happened on the White House lawn," tweeted Collin Rugg, co-owner of conservative commentary outlet Trending Politics."These are the 'bravest and most inspiring' people Biden has ever known.
