Trans activist Rose Montoya apologizes, defends flash stunt at White House

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• White House Bars Topless Transgender Influencer From Events
• Transgender Activist Rose Montoya Apologizes For Going Topless At White House
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• White House says activist who took top off at Pride celebration won't be invited back
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• Trans activists go topless at White House Pride event after meeting President Biden

"It was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families," she continued. "So, you know, we're going to continue to be clear on that. … It's not appropriate. It's disrespectful. And let's not -- it really does not reflect the event that we hosted to celebrate the LGBTQ+ families." The spokeswoman said Montoya and the two other topless guests in her video would not be invited to future White House events. Among the attendees was Montoya, a transgender rights activist who rose to prominence in 2021 for her educational social-media content about trans issues. On social media, Montoya, whose Instagram biography identifies her as an educator, model and actor, called the video an act of joy in celebrating the transgender community. “Individuals in the video certainly will not be invited to future events,” the press secretary said.

White House Bars Topless Transgender Influencer From Events

"These are the 'bravest and most inspiring' people Biden has ever known. The country you once knew is gone." "This is what happened on the White House lawn," tweeted Collin Rugg, co-owner of conservative commentary outlet Trending Politics. Prominent military veterans have accused the Biden administration of diminishing the American flag by placing a Pride banner at the center of a display. To be considered public nudity, one must expose the female breast below the top of the nipple without full “opaque coverage,” according to the law on obscenity in the District of Columbia. Also in the clips, the Idaho-born model was seen getting the opportunity to meet the president and first lady.

Transgender Activist Rose Montoya Apologizes For Going Topless At White House

"And because it is perfectly within the law in Washington D.C., I decided to join them and cover my nipples just to play it safe." "My transmasculine friends are showing off their top surgery scars and living in joy, and I wanted to join them," Montoya added. "And because it is perfectly within the law in Washington, D.C., I decided to join them and cover my nipples just to play it safe." On Saturday Rose Montoya attended a Pride event on the White House lawn, hosted by the Biden administration, along with hundreds of other queer activists.

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Montoya stood grinning in front of the White House in one part of the video, the top of her dress at her waist, her hands covering her nipples. “When families across the country face excruciating decisions to relocate to a different state to protect their child from dangerous anti-LGTBQ laws, we have to act. We need to push back against the hundreds of callous and cynical bills introduced in states targeting transgender children, terrifying families and criminalising doctors and nurses,” he said.

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Another user told Montoya that while they support her and everything that she stands for, "Exposing your breasts at this event did not help the cause." "It has recently come to my attention that conservatives are trying to use the video of me topless at the White House to try to call the community groomers etc.," Montoya said in the video. Rose Montoya was among hundreds welcomed by President Joe Biden on Saturday for a celebration on the South Lawn described by the administration as the largest Pride event ever hosted at the White House. "I am committed to using this moment as a catalyst for creating positive change both within myself and within the broader community and the world at large," she said.

"More so than ever before, I have learned how powerful and just how impactful my actions are and how impactful it is when we share our stories and experiences and how we do so with the world. I want to take this moment to apologize for the impact of my actions." Rose Montoya, a transgender model and activist who posted the video to TikTok in which she and other guests posed topless, responded Friday in a 3-minute video posted to her social media platforms. "This behaviour is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House. It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance," Ms Jean-Pierre said. "In a quick moment of fleeting and overwhelming trans joy, I decided to do something unbecoming of a guest of the president at the White House lawn celebration," Montoya said.

In a short video shared to her Instagram page, Ms Montoya can be seen shaking Mr Biden’s hand and telling him “trans rights are human rights”. The White House announced a woman who took her top off during an event on the South Lawn over the weekend would not be invited to future events. The Biden administration said transgender activist Rose Montoya will not be invited back to the White House following her decision to go topless during the Pride Month event on the South Lawn. Three guests at a White House LGBTQ+ Pride party on Saturday have been banned from future events after posing topless on the South Lawn.

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Trans activists go topless at White House Pride event after meeting President Biden

“No, this isn’t another hookers-n-blow photo from Hunter’s laptop, it was the Pride party on the White House lawn two days ago hosted by Joe,” radio host Dana Loesch tweeted. “Since the Israel-Gaza war began, journalists have been paying the highest price — their lives — to defend our right to the truth. Each time a journalist dies or is injured, we lose a fragment of that truth,” CPJ Program Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna said in a statement. More than two dozen journalists in Gaza wrote a letter last week calling on their colleagues in Washington to boycott the dinner altogether.

The video sparked an online backlash, with many claiming her actions were in bad taste. Rose Montoya, 27, met the US president and First Lady Jill Biden at the largest Pride celebration in White House history on Saturday. Montoya, 27, who goes by pronouns she/they, was among hundreds of people the Biden administration invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to celebrate Pride Month which is observed each June. In response, Ms Montoya said being topless in Washington was legal and she had no intention of being vulgar.

Although it immediately raised the hackles of conservatives, Montoya justified the post by saying she wanted to join two transmasculine friends who were showing off their own top surgery scars. “It has recently come to my attention that conservatives are trying to use the video of me topless at the White House to try to call the community groomers, et cetera. And I would just like to say that first of all, going topless in Washington, D.C. Is legal, and I fully support the movement in freeing the nipple,” she said. Also on Tuesday, The Guardian published an interview with Montoya discussing the lack of paid partnerships during this year’s Pride month.

The individuals in the video won't be invited to future events, Jean-Pierre said. "Trans rights are human rights," Montoya said in the clip while shaking Biden's hand. Near the end of the video, Montoya was shown walking toward the White House and going topless on the South Lawn as her hands covered her breasts.