The pop icon wrote, “Hated is hate, and this kind of hatred is violence,” in response to the transphobic backlash against Mulvaney’s photo of the duo. Lady Gaga is expressing her stance following the deluge of anti-LGBTQ+ commentary on her International Women’s Day post featuring actor and TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The thirteen-time Grammy winner criticized Mulvaney, who identifies as transgender, for the online backlash she had faced days prior after she posted a photo of the two together on Monday. Furthermore, she denounced the media organizations that distorted the “horrendous” reaction to the image.
Gloria Germanotta Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, wrote on Instagram while resharing Mulvaney’s photo, “I feel it is important to clarify that hatred is hatred, and this type of hatred is violence,” whenever a newspaper reports on hatred but labels it “backlash.”
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The pop star wrote, “‘Backlash’ would imply that individuals who love or respect Dylan and me did not approve of something we did.” “This does not constitute retaliation. “This is animosity.”
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Mulvaney, who was embroiled in a media frenzy last year following a high-profile collaboration with Bud Light, initially posted the photo with Gaga to Instagram on March 8 in observance of International Women’s Day.
Mulvaney’s article has drawn more than 3,300 comments as of Monday afternoon, many of them were strongly anti-transgender. One individual commented, “This is so degrading to REAL women.” “You’re not a woman at all. JUST SAYING,” one further commenter said. “It is naive to celebrate oneself on International Woman’s Day.”
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Gaga has supported the LGBTQ+ community vocally ever since her career began. Despite not being transgender, she expressed in her Monday post how much she admires the community’s “endless grace and inspiration in the face of constant degradation, intolerance, and physical, verbal, and mental violence.”
“May we all take a stand and recognize the intricacy and difficulty of transgender life—which we do not understand, but can try to comprehend and feel empathy for,” wrote Gaga. “I love people too much to let hate speech pass for “backlash.” People ought to be treated better.