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Topless Trans Woman at White House Pride Event Sparks Outrage

BY KHALEDA RAHMAN ON 6/13/23 AT 4:11 AM EDT

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A transgender influencer and activist has hit back after a TikTok video that showed her topless during a Pride Month
celebration at the White House sparked outrage.

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.

Pride Month is being celebrated at a time when anti-transgender sentiment is rising in the United States, and brands including
Target are facing boycotts over their Pride marketing and LGBTQ+ products. Meanwhile, state lawmakers have introduced at
least 525 bills and enacted 78 bills that target the LGBTQ+ community in the current legislative session, according to the
Human Rights Campaign, a group that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights.
"I had the honor of attending White House Pride, the largest one in history where the pride flag flew for the first time," Montoya
wrote in the caption of her TikTok video. "This is
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Montoya's minute-long video included shots of Biden delivering remarks, her meeting the president and first lady Jill Biden as
well as posing with other attendees.

It was a brief shot where Montoya is seen topless with her hands covering her breasts alongside two others that prompted an
edited version of her video to be circulated on Twitter by conservatives.

"This is what happened on the White House lawn," tweeted Collin Rugg, co-owner of conservative commentary outlet Trending
Politics.

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The Libs of TikTok account tweeted: "This is what happened at the White House pride event. A disgrace to our country."
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Charlie Kirk, a conservative political commentator, shared Montoya's video on Twitter, writing alongside it: "GRAPHIC: Trans
TikTok "influencer" Rose Montoya, posed topless at Biden's White House Pride celebration. Next to him is a biological female,
also topless, who had her breasts surgically removed."

However, some defended Montoya and others who were topless.

"The topless video took place after the majority of people had cleared out, as no one
else is present in the video besides the topless people," one Twitter user wrote. "Also,
since yall call trans women men, what's wrong with her boobs being out, since she's a
man after all."

Montoya posted a video responding to the outrage on Monday.

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Florida's nude beaches pose a problem for "It has recently come to my attention that conservatives are trying to use the video of
Ron DeSantis me topless at the White House to try to call the community groomers etc.," Montoya
said in the video.

"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 because why is my chest now deemed inappropriate or illegal when I show it off? However, before coming
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She continued: "All you're doing is affirming that I am a woman. All you're doing is saying that trans women are women.
Because for some reason, people like to sexualize women's bodies and say that they are inappropriate.

"My transmasculine friends are showing off their top surgery scars and living in joy, and I wanted to join them. 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. Because I
wanted to be fully free and myself. I had zero intention of trying to be vulgar, or be profane in any way. I was simply living in joy,
living my truth and existing in my body. Happy Pride. Free the nipple."

Newsweek has contacted Montoya for further comment via email.

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U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the
White House on June 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. Pride Month is being celebrated at a time when anti-
transgender sentiment is rising in the United States.
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Rob Martin
1 hour ago
The issue is not one of gender or sexuality. It is one of decorum. This is unacceptable behavior at the
WH for anyone. Class is entirely missing in our society lately...as is wisdom.
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Mark Deckard
1 hour ago
Agreed and so the LGBTQ movement needs to stop demanding that we tolerate thier bedrooms and
burlesques in the streets. Exibitionism is the cry of a deeply insecure human being. Those who truly
accept themselves need no public approval for who they choose to be or what they choose to do in
private. Show some self confidence and stop screaming to be loved.
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Flanker33
1 hour ago
The militant trans mindset perceives it as their right to intentionally offend others as part of their cultish
indoctrination. They demand recognition and legitimacy or else...or else they pull off a Nashville Christian
school shooting. "Accept my reality...or else."
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H Hubie337
5 hours ago
Republicans are not enacting laws against LGB people. The author is lumping them in for shock effect.
They are stopping gender reassignment surger and the use of permanent life altering meds on children
and not letting biological men compete against women. Nothing to do with LGB.
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E everybodyhason
2 hours ago
Anything other than healthcare, reasonable gun control, protecting voting rights, protecting our southern
border, protecting women's reproductive rights, inflation, etc.,
Correct?
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Emmanuel Goldst
5 hours ago
And there you have it folks, THAT is how the rest of the world sees us. We should be so proud of
ourselves
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D dwstick
5 hours ago
Here’s the ‘Slippery Slope’ that you were warned about:
 
1995-“We just want acceptance. That’s all.”
2005-“We just want equality. That’s all.”
2011-“Bake our ‘wedding’ cake, or we’ll sue you.”
2018-“Use our preferred pronouns, or we’ll have you fired from your job.”
2023-“Your kids WILL watch our Drag Shows! Or else!“
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Pallas
4 hours ago
 But it's important to remember we're told there is no and never was any gay agenda. The idea that such
a thing could even exist was scoffed at. 1 View 4 new comments
 
This is how progressives work: surreptitiously, deceitfully, maliciously.
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Buzzed Wokeyear
51 minutes ago
You forgot:
 
1981 We want Federal money for AIDS research because we lacked self-control.
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Shawn McCarty
5 hours ago
I didnt see the white house hosting any straight pride events, so they are just pandering for votes as
always?
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Emmanuel Goldst
5 hours ago
And look, another flag has taken to place of the US one in the position on honor and the white house.
(Edited)
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Pallas
4 hours ago
The next time any democrat insists their party is pro-American, this abuse of the US flag is worth pointing
out. The commander-in-chief has willfully and intentionally disregarded all military rules about the display
of the US flag. Biden demonstrates daily how he'sf not fit to lead the nation or t...
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A ata777
5 hours ago
This is what happens when millions of Americans are more afraid of being called a name than calling out
an increasingly degenerate ideology whose adherents would surgically mutilate or chemically castrate
otherwise healthy children and call it "affirming."
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rlr4818
6 hours ago
Do you think Putin or Xi would tolerate this for even a second?
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Paul Martin
5 hours ago
THIS is what these people consider normal. Nor respect for anyone or anything.
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E EADOman
5 hours ago
Just goes to show the contempt this administration has for our country. You never place the American
flag second on display.
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