Bravo’s Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is lecturing parents on the subject of transgender children, saying they “have no business being a parent” unless they accept a child’s declared gender identity.
She also claimed that a transgender person’s gender expression can “vary day to day” and that trans people have existed “since the dawn of humanity.”
Padma Lakshmi launched her social media lecture Wednesday in an apparent nod to the Transgender Day of Visibility. “If you can’t accept your child for who they’re telling you they are, then you have no business being a parent,” she tweeted.
If you can't accept your child for who they're telling you they are, then you have no business being a parent.
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 31, 2021
She also delivered a tutorial on gender and sexual identity. A person’s gender expression “can vary day to day or over time, it’s unique to each individual.”
📢 PSA:
Gender: used to describe characteristics that are socially constructed, encompasses a range of identities
Sex: a label initially assigned by a doctor at birth
Sexual orientation: emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 31, 2021
Gender expression: the way you choose to express yourself on the gender spectrum through your behavior, clothing, haircut, etc. This can vary day to day or over time, it's unique to each individual.
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 31, 2021
In another tweet, Lakshmi claimed that trans people have existed “since the dawn of humanity.” She also criticized people who disagree with the transgender agenda.
“All of the bizarre false equivalency “what about-isms” or the litany of reasons why you feel people who are different from you don’t deserve basic human rights are not only deeply stupid, but painfully corny,” she tweeted.
Trans people: have existed since the dawn of humanity
Twitter dialogue: iF my ChILd IdenTiFIEs as SMOKED sALMon should i eat TheM oN baGeL WiTh CreAm ChEeSE??? pic.twitter.com/FjoDuKqlEH
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 31, 2021
Trans people: have existed since the dawn of humanity
Twitter dialogue: iF my ChILd IdenTiFIEs as SMOKED sALMon should i eat TheM oN baGeL WiTh CreAm ChEeSE??? pic.twitter.com/FjoDuKqlEH
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) March 31, 2021
Padma Lakshmi was one of several celebrities who condemned Georgia’ recently passed voter integrity law, calling it a “desperate attempt to disenfranchise millions of voters.”
She was also among the celebrities who falsely claimed the Atlanta shooter was motivated by anti-Asian hate, saying that former President Donald Trump’s use of the phrase “China virus” influenced the killer. Police said the shooter revealed his motivation was guilt over his sex addiction.
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