527
Trans punk star Laura Jane Grace sings at Bernie Sanders rally, infuriating right-wingers
(www.thepinknews.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
527 points (97.6% liked)
Transgender
1281 readers
4 users here now
Overview:
The Lemmy place to discuss the news and experiences of transgender people.
Rules:
-
Keep discussions civil.
-
Arguments against transgender rights will be removed.
-
No bigotry is allowed - including transphobia, homophobia, speciesism, racism, sexism, classism, ableism, castism, or xenophobia.
Related:
!lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Here is the song they're so triggered by. It's a fucking masterpiece, and I will be sorely disappointed if it doesn't go viral from hate-publicity:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QSmYxKIs3PI
(Sorry about the direct YouTube link; couldn't find a single working Piped instance. What's the MO these days?)
Couldn't find direct footage of the set either (outside of hate propaganda that I won't click on), but if anyone wants to go looking there are some details here (from her Linktree):
https://act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-oligarchy-kenosha/?source=kpl
lol well i guess i kind of understand why they are upset, and i don't think it's about gender
It is very much because of gender. If you google 'bernie sanders laura jane grace' you will find nothing but outrage-farming by all the usual culprits. If a cis musician had done this a few bigots might have whined, but the right-wing outrage machine wouldn't have chosen it for their Two Minutes' Hate.
Laura probably knows they're gonna come for her anyway, might as well be aggravating about it. That feels pretty damn punk to me.
P.S. no masters and especially no gods
idk i feel like even if a cis white woman (a man would be normally better [for them], but in this case it's automatically ew gei) were to sing "Does your god have a big fat dick? Cause it feels like he’s fucking me" that would not go down well with especially today's emboldened christian right
Holy shit lmao I was not expecting that. Bernie's a real one for this.
That song goes hard. Hard like, oh I don't know, I'm sure there's a fitting analogy.
But would it fit? Laura asks the real questions.