Madonna has called out the Donald Trump administration after a series of anti-trans executive orders, including barring transgender people from serving and enlisting in the military, as well as banning federal funding for youth gender-affirming care. The pop icon has urged citizens to keep fighting for their rights.
This is Trump’s latest attempt to reverse policies set by former president Joe Biden's government to protect transgender people and their care.
On Monday, Trump directed the Pentagon to conduct a review that is likely to lead to them being barred from military service.
Madonna, a longtime advocate for the LGBTQ community, expressed her disappointment in an X post on Tuesday.
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“It’s so sad to watch our new Government slowly dismantling all the Freedoms we have been fighting for and WON over the years. Don’t give up the Fight! (sic)” she wrote, adding the LGBTQ pride flag and broken red heart emojis.
Earlier, singer-actor Selena Gomez, whose father is of Mexican descent, got emotional over the Trump administration's stand over the deportation of undocumented immigrants on social media in a now-deleted Instagram video.
“All my people are getting attacked … the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise,” she tearfully said.
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