White House Bars Topless Transgender Influencer From Events

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"It took focus from what this event was meant to be and focused it right on to you," the user wrote. "I'm sorry to say this to you as I do really support you and admire you. As part of the LGBTQI+ community, I am saddened that this only added fuel for the Conservatives to spread the lies that we are nothing more than sexual deviants." "[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. 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. Some used the debacle to launch broader criticism of the trans community at large, lacing it with transphobic slurs.

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"In a quick moment of fleeting and overwhelming trans joy, I decided to do something unbecoming of a guest of the president." The White House banned trans influencer Rose Montoya from future events after she posted a video ... [+] showing her briefly going topless during a Pride event at the White House. A transgender TikTok influencer and trans rights activist filmed herself and others flashing their chests on the White House's lawn at a Pride Event over the weekend, and her video caused a bit of a stir online. 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," Montoya wrote in the caption of her TikTok video.

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"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 spokesperson said that her actions were "not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance" and that "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.

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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. On Saturday, the White House hosted what administration officials called the largest Pride Month celebration in White House history.

Your neighbors at the bar are a mixed bag, ranging from run-of-the-mill barflies, couples (straight and LGBTQ) and a growing number of hip twentysomethings. A dance will run you $20 and there’s not much in the way of privacy, but sometimes the spirit takes you and – if that dancer is good enough – you’ll forget everyone else exists. She shared the clips with her social media followers and later slapped back at critics by claiming she did not violate any Washington, DC, laws. Trans rights are human rights,” Montoya said to the Democrat as they shook hands. The polyamorous model and trans rights advocate, who grew up in rural Idaho, did not immediately respond to an interview request.

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In 2011, he sat in the audience, and glowered through a roasting by then-President Barack Obama of Trump’s reality-television celebrity status. Obama’s sarcasm then was so scalding that many political watchers linked it to Trump’s subsequent decision to run for president in 2016. “We have to take this serious — eight years ago we could have written it off as ‘Trump talk’ but not after January 6,” Biden told the audience, referring to the supporters of Trump who stormed the Capitol after Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 election. But the president quickly segued to a grim speech about what he believes is at stake this election, saying that another Trump administration would be even more harmful to America than his first term.

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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. Montoya was among hundreds of people the Biden administration invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to celebrate Pride Month which is observed each June. In 2021 she was named one of “18 LGBTQ+ Policy Makers and Advocates Changing the World” by Out Magazine on the strength of her online “educational content” as Republican-led state legislatures around the nation enacted anti-trans legislation. She began performing in drag during college and came out as transgender in 2015, when she started “gender affirming hormone therapy” and changed her name legally to Rosalynne, the bio says. The incident was posted to her 103,000 followers on Instagram, along with a follow-up clip Monday night, in which the 27-year-old snapped back at detractors.

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Rose Montoya apologizes for topless stunt at White House.

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"My trans masculine friends were showing off their top surgery scars and living in joy, and I wanted to join them," she said. "And because it is perfectly within the law of Washington DC, I decided to join them and cover my nipples just to play it safe." Transgender model and activist Rose Montoya has apologized for going topless at a White House Pride event and posting the video, after a week of criticism from right-wing outlets, trans advocates and the White House press secretary. On Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden welcomed hundreds of guests to a picnic on the South Lawn.

While Montoya's actions have seen her barred from attending future events at the White House, at least under Biden's administration, her follower count has seen a surge in the days since the event. Transgender activist Rose Montoya, who has been barred from the White House after going topless during a Pride Month event on the South Lawn, has seen her popularity on social media grow. A transgender model who flashed her breasts at the White House has been branded “disrespectful” by the Joe Biden administration. Asked about Montoya's behavior, a White House spokesperson told Newsweek in a statement it was "inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House." 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.

"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. Many of those bills would limit transition-related health care for trans minors and restrict trans athletes from competing on sports teams that align with their gender identities. 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. According to a preliminary investigation released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists, nearly 100 journalists have been killed covering the war in Gaza. One organizer complained that the White House Correspondents’ Association — which represents the hundreds of journalists who cover the president — largely has been silent since the first weeks of the war about the killings of Palestinian journalists.

Here, see all the stars arriving on the red carpet at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “Thanks for setting back everything the trans community has been trying to accomplish,” one trans follower wrote. Montoya — who boasts 110,000 followers on Instagram — originally went viral during the COVD-19 pandemic when she posted about the discomfort of going through airport security. Following the initial backlash to the topless clip, Montoya protested that her actions were completely legal. All people should be expected to have a level of respect and decorum if you’re a guest at the White House. It’s not a big ask to expect people to keep their clothes on.I’m saddened for everyone and what image this sends domestically and to our enemies.

Officials there didn’t immediately respond to a question about nudity rules on the grounds. 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.