Yesterday was Transgender Day of Visibility and, of course, failed morning host Megyn Kelly couldn’t let such an important moment pass without making a snarky transphobic remark.
Yesterday, she retweeted a tweet by Padma Lakshmi urging parents to accept their children no matter what.
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“If you can’t accept your child for who they’re telling you they are, then you have no business being a parent,” Lakshmi wrote.
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She followed it up with an explainer on the differences between gender, sex, and sexual orientation.
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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
In response, the former-Fox-News-host-turned-podcaster called Lakshmi’s tweet “idiotic” then encouraged people to read all the transphobic responses, which she found “spectacular.”
“The responses to this idiotic tweet are spectacular,” Kelly wrote.
The responses to this idiotic tweet are spectacular. https://t.co/mZrA6yJg7p
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) April 1, 2021
But we’d argue the responses to Kelly’s idiotic tweet are way more spectacular.
Here’s how folx responded to her thinly veiled transphobia…
Here’s the thing Megyn. I admittedly don’t understand all the ins and outs of what it means to be transgender. It’s confusing and new to me, like it is to many. But why should it take having to confront it in your own family to be sensitive and accepting that it’s real?
— DF (@DF72811) April 1, 2021
Think Padma is spot on actually. However some of the responses are ridiculous. Obviously most coming from the religious freaks, gods, fairytales and myths brigade
— Kevin@amuseboucheistanbrew (@amusebouche13) April 1, 2021
If by “spectacular” you mean incredibly sad and discouraging, you would be correct.
— China 💕 RUV 💕 Biden (@ultraglide87) April 1, 2021
Megyn Kelly disappoints me more and more
— Thabo Ntsako Baloyi (@Thabo_Baloyi_) April 1, 2021
Your children are still young. I pray for you that you can be open and accepting for them should they ever require it.
— Jai (@caperjaimers) April 1, 2021
Always better to listen and guide as a parent. Because #kids
— Aaron Nodolf (@RazorSharpMinds) April 1, 2021
You mean the responses from people pretending not to get the point and joking about kids saying they’re unicorns? Yeah, super clever.
— Waldo Lydecker (@SuspiciousHamst) April 1, 2021
Your own response is not exactly a twitter highlight.
— Brian Richardson (@brichtimp) April 1, 2021
It’s kind of hard to take advice for someone who worked for Fox and voted for Trump
— John Bryant (@Daddyatorr) April 1, 2021
The responses here aren’t much better . Good grief
— lora corrado (@LoraCorrado) April 1, 2021
What a sad take. I feel for your children.
— J Killing it (@jarensel) April 1, 2021
No, Megyn there is nothing wrong with allowing a child to express themselves in a healthy manner.
— nonexistent (@SNU_DeltaPi1113) April 1, 2021
There’s a reason you work out of your basement now.
— donna januario (@DonnaJanuario) April 1, 2021
Of course, this isn’t the first time Kelly has spewed transphobic nonsense on Twitter. Last December, she attacked trans activist Zinnia Jones, calling her “unwell” for remarks she made about puberty blockers.
Then there was the time she invited a panel of all cisgender people on her failed morning show to talk about Scarlett Johansson’s controversial casting as a trans man in the film Rub & Tug.
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Mr. Stadnick
Nasty hate filled cow will soon become as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. I look forward to seeing her Hag Up sooner rather than later.
James26
Could you be any more sexist in your response?
Den
Could you be any more ignorant in your understanding of what constitutes sexism?
Why exactly do you heterosexual right wing trolls come here?
We just laugh at your stupidity.
Cam
What a shock, a racist is also a bigot.
topsyturvy
Oh Megyn, just go visit Roger’s grave and lift your skirt and twirl like a good girl. When you had the chance to speak up and do so good you sat down and were quiet. Now please just permanently STFU.
Fahd
Shame on the Republican who first came up with the “wedge issue” (Roger Stone?). Megyn throwing meat to the wolves like she does gives visibility to the issue, but not in a constructive way. She’s working on polarizing, nothing more. I may be biased: I resent the big payout she got when her show tanked. In any case, I probably won’t click on her face again if it appears here.
Invader7
She’s no longer relevant and has an UGLY soul. Karma is gonna get her…
jeters
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Cozmo2
I don’t understand why are we still giving Light to this Karon.
jsmu
SMEGYN C*NTY is getting older and more hideous by the day. She’ll never get another big media hob*tch job and it is KILLING HER! LOL
James26
lol. Virtually every comment attacks her for her looks, sexualizes her, refers to her genitals, or wishes some calamity to befall her. It’s the perfect combination of malice, violence, and sexism which also make up the trans activist movement.
I never watched Fox News so I can’t say much about her, but she is absolutely correct to challenge these people on Twitter who claim that good parenting entails going along with whatever a young child says. That’s the opposite of parenting.
Also, I ask again: When is LGB Day of Visibility? Does anyone know? Doesn’t anyone care about LGB people to even wonder why there isn’t such a day? Or why there isn’t an LGB Day of Remembrance to honor those LGB people who died in violent circumstances? Or why orgs like HRC keep a meticulous running tally of the number of trans people killed but doesn’t expend any resources to keep track of LGB homicides?
LegionKeign
1st. You’re a troll. I can smell you from here.
2nd. We have PRIDE MONTH.
3rd. That shirt you’re wearing is tragic, in a “I still listen to cassette tapes on my Walkman” kinds way and your panties have stretch marks.
James26
@LegionKeign
1st I know you are but what am I?
2d Transgenders have Pride. AND they have a Day of Visibility AND a Day of Remembrance. Why don’t LGB people? And why is it not OK to even ask about why LGB people are excluded? If there were an LGB Day of Visibility which expressly cut out transgenders, you can be 100% certain that the issue would be raised loudly and often. And you would not be here barking that “Well, they have Pride so they should shut up.”
3d Wut?
Den
Once again, hetero maga boy, can it and go away.