Lady Gaga has zero time for transphobic assholes. Look no further than her response to the transphobia directed at influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who posted a photo with her to mark International Women’s Day.

 

As you likely already know, this isn’t the first time right-wingers have worked themselves into a tizzy over Mulvaney’s mere existence. Last April, conservatives had a meltdown after she participated in a brand deal with Bud Light, boycotting the brand and going so far as to shoot up cases of the beer just because Bud Light chose to work with a trans woman.

 

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Now, the situation has repeated itself. Last Friday, Mulvaney posted a series of photos on social media featuring her posing with Gaga to commemorate International Women’s Day. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, these photos seem to be from a photoshoot for Gaga’s cosmetics brand Haus Labs, as Mulvaney tagged the brand in a behind-the-scenes TikTok related to the shoot. Shortly after Mulvaney shared her photos with the “Bad Romance” singer, the post received over 3,300 comments, many of which contained angry anti-trans remarks, including misgendering Mulvaney.

 

Hình ảnhOn Monday, March 11, Gaga shared a post of her own featuring a photo of herself and Mulvaney, writing, “It’s appalling to me that a post about National Women’s Day by Dylan Mulvaney and me would be met with such vitriol and hatred.”

“When I see a newspaper reporting on hatred but calling it ‘backlash’ I feel it is important to clarify that hatred is hatred, and this kind of hatred is violence,” the singer-songwriter continued. “‘Backlash’ would imply that people who love or respect Dylan and me didn’t like something we did. This is not backlash. This is hatred.”

 

Gaga noted that while this response is unfortunately “not surprising,” she feels protective of Mulvaney and the larger trans community “who continues to lead the way with their endless grace and inspiration in the face of constant degradation, intolerance, and physical, verbal, and mental violence.”

 

Lady Gaga shared on Instagram that :”It’s appalling to me that a post about National Women’s Day by Dylan Mulvaney and me would be met with such vitriol and hatred. When I see a newspaper reporting on hatred but calling it “backlash” I feel it is important to clarify that hatred is hatred, and this kind of hatred is violence. “Backlash” would imply that people who love or respect Dylan and me didn’t like something we did. This is not backlash. This is hatred.
But it is not surprising given the immense work that it’s obvious we still have to do as a society to make room for transgender lives to be cherished and upheld by all of us. I feel very protective in this moment, not only of Dylan, but of the trans community who continues to lead the way with their endless grace and inspiration in the face of constant degradation, intolerance, and physical, verbal, and mental violence. I certainly do not speak for this community, but I have something to say. I hope all women will come together to honor us ALL for International Women’s Day, and may we do that always until THE DAY that all women are celebrated equally. That all people are celebrated equally. A day where people of all gender identities are celebrated on whichever holiday speaks to them. Because people of all gender identities and races deserve peace and dignity.
May we all come together and be loving, accepting, warm, welcoming. May we all stand and honor the complexity and challenge of trans life—that we do not know, but can seek to understand and have compassion for. I love people too much to allow hatred to be referred to as “backlash.” People deserve better.”

 

“May we all come together and be loving, accepting, warm, welcoming,” she added. “May we all stand together and honor the complexity and challenge of trans life — that we do not know, but can seek to understand and have compassion for. I love people too much to allow hatred to be referred to as ‘backlash.’ People deserve better.”

NBC News reported that Mulvaney commented on Gaga’s post, writing, “You mean the world to me. Love ya.”

 

Despite facing viral hate campaigns from transphobes, Mulvaney remains resilient and continues to push forward. In October, while accepting Attitude magazine’s Woman of the Year award, she expressed her determination: “No matter how hard I try or what I wear, or what I say, or what surgeries I get, I will never reach an acceptable version of womanhood by those hateful people’s standards. But as long as I have the queer community that sees me for my truth, I’m gonna be okay.”