Lady Gaga hit back at what she called the “appalling” response she got for promoting trans-identifying activist Dylan Mulvaney in a post in honor of International Women’s Day.
In a lengthy post on Monday on Instagram, the 37-year-old singer wrote that she had seen headlines saying she and Mulvaney were facing a “backlash” and she hit back, saying that the “hatred” was “violence.”
“‘Backlash’ would imply that people who love or respect Dylan and me didn’t like something we did,” the singer wrote. “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…
