Lil Nas X has discovered himself in scorching water. Though the rapper has virtually made a profession off of sparking controversy on-line (simply take a look at the backlash he obtained from his Satan shoes and the satan imagery in his music video for single “Montero“), this time, he’s inflicting hurt to the queer neighborhood, to which he himself belongs.
Yesterday (March 14), the rapper uploaded an image of what seemed to be a Black girl to his Twitter web page with the caption, “the surgical procedure was a hit,” joking that he had undergone gendering affirming surgical procedure. It’s unclear if the picture posted was of an AI-generated picture of himself as a lady or if it was of an precise random girl on the web who seems like him; both means, followers didn’t discover any humor within the joke calling him out for being insensitive.
Customers weren’t afraid to name him out for it, on condition that a number of items of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation throughout the nation have been launched and, in lots of circumstances, handed to criminalize gender-affirming medical take care of trans folks.
Initially feeling wrongfully attacked by customers, Lil Nas X brushed their feedback off. However now, the musician has taken again to Twitter to apologize.
He wrote, “Apologies to the trans neighborhood. I def dealt with that state of affairs with anger as an alternative of contemplating why it was not cool. A lot like to you guys. Sorry.”
apologies to the trans neighborhood i def dealt with that state of affairs with anger as an alternative of contemplating why it was not cool. a lot like to you guys. sorry
— i’m studying all that (@LilNasX) March 14, 2023
Then, the apology prepare ended there as a result of after one person referred to as him out for being insincere, he shortly clapped again, writing, “lady eat my ass.”
As an entertainer that has been continuously attacked and made the butt of several jokes on account of his sexual orientation, trans followers are extraordinarily disillusioned in Lil Nas X’s habits.
