{"id":1946350,"date":"2023-06-14T03:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-calls-trans-activists-stunt-at-pride-month-event-inappropriate-and-disrespectful\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T03:59:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:59:52","slug":"white-house-calls-trans-activists-stunt-at-pride-month-event-inappropriate-and-disrespectful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-calls-trans-activists-stunt-at-pride-month-event-inappropriate-and-disrespectful\/","title":{"rendered":"White House deems trans activist&#8217;s Pride Month event stunt as inappropriate and disrespectful."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-calls-trans-activists-stunt-at-pride-month-event-inappropriate-and-disrespectful%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1946350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Transgender Activist Shocks White House with Provocative Performance<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0614\/90172841-03e9-48dc-82e9-931d0d8843da\/audio.mp3?length=3404205&#038;duration=284\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rose Montoya, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snls-michael-che-again-slammed-as-transphobic\/\" title=\"SNL\u2019s Michael Che Again Slammed As \u2018Transphobic\u2019\">transgender activist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-in-secretly-recorded-footage-pro-trans-doctor-makes-truly-insane-argument-for-amputating-teen-girls-breasts\/\" title=\"WALSH: In Secretly Recorded Footage, Pro-Trans Doctor Makes Truly Insane Argument For Amputating Teen Girls\u2019 Breasts\">internet influencer<\/a>, made headlines when she shook hands with the president of the United States on the South Lawn of the White House on June 10. But it was what happened next that caused a stir.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seconds later, accompanied by two shirtless men, Montoya undressed above the waist, revealing her breasts before covering them again with her hands. The moment was captured on video, posted online, and quickly became widely shared and sensational theater.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montoya and fellow activists performed their demonstration at a Pride Month event that the White House held to celebrate LGBT people and their history and accomplishments, and to call attention to the challenges they face.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Controversy and Condemnation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The surprise, provocative, and outlandish performance upset and drew the condemnation of the White House, which called it disrespectful. Other and more pointed criticism claimed that the activists co-opted and sacrificed at least some of the goodwill of the event, and also placed grandstanding and self-aggrandizement ahead of the cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Denouncing the Action<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House,\u201d said a statement released by the White House. \u201cIt 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-tiger-woods-didnt-get-different-treatment-after-car-crash\/\" title=\"Sheriff: Tiger Woods Didn\u2019t Get \u2018Different Treatment\u2019 After Car Crash\">future events<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the controversy in her June 13 briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe behavior was simply unacceptable. We\u2019ve been very clear about that,\u201d said Jean-Pierre at the briefing. \u201cIt was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families. So, you know, we\u2019re going to continue to be clear on that, and that type of behavior is, as I said, unacceptable. It\u2019s inappropriate, it\u2019s disrespectful. And it really does not reflect the event that we hosted to celebrate the LGBTQ+ families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement sent to The Epoch Times, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtine, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality\/NCTE Action Fund, said: \u201cThis behavior was inappropriate, and it is important to understand that the actions of a single individual do not define an entire community. Transgender people have families and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-calls-trans-activists-stunt-at-pride-month-event-inappropriate-and-disrespectful\/\" title=\"White House deems trans activist's Pride Month event stunt as inappropriate and disrespectful.\">cherish family-friendly events<\/a> just like anyone else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>LGBT Influencer Creates a Stir, Is Not Sorry<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the backlash, Montoya remains unapologetic. With a massive following on social media, including 575,000 fans on TikTok and 104,000 followers on Instagram, as well as almost 11,600 followers on Twitter, Montoya is a force to be reckoned with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montoya responded to the controversy:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI wanted to make a statement. I wanted to be able to have a platform and represent the people who don\u2019t have a platform,\u201d Montoya said in a video posted on TikTok. \u201cI wanted to represent the people who are too scared to go to events like that, the people who are too scared to be themselves, the people who are told that they\u2019re not good enough or that they don\u2019t belong there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love it or hate it, Montoya\u2019s performance has sparked a conversation about the role of activism and the boundaries of acceptable behavior, even at events meant to celebrate diversity and inclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender activist Rose Montoya, identifying as a nonbinary woman, shook hands with the US president on June 10. 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