A country music singer has spun an insult from patron saint of furrowed brows Tucker Carlson into gold, all for the benefit of transgender charities.The Fox News host targeted Grammy Award-winning singer Maren Morris after she spoke up for trans youth on Twitter.Morris was responding to Brittany Aldean, wife of country singer Jason Aldean, who shared a makeup-transformation video with the 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.”Aldean later took to Instagram to falsely claim kids were being forced to undergo “genital mutilation.”Related: Tucker Carlson suggests giving monkeypox this new, gay-related nameMedical guidelines do not recommend gender confirmation surgery for minors.Dr.
Jason Klein, a pediatric endocrinologist and medical director of the Transgender Youth Health Program at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, told CBS earlier this year: “It’s important to recognize that there is absolutely no surgical intervention that is being done for young individuals who are transgender or nonbinary.
The only scissors that are being taken to children is to cut their hair.”Aldean’s comments sparked immediate backlash.Singer Cassadee Pope tweeted: “You’d think celebs with beauty brands would see the positives in including LGBTQ+ people in their messaging.