Taking a stand.?Demi Lovato?slammed gender reveal parties, calling them transphobic?in solidarity with transgender rights activist?Alok Vaid-Menon.
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The??Cool for Summer? singer, 28, reposted Alok?s guide to ?Why Gender Reveals are Transphobic??via Instagram?on Thursday, February 25.
?@alokvmenon with the real ???,? she wrote alongside a series of visual aids backing Alok?s stance. ?Thank you for sharing your knowledge and educating us always.?
The pair?s message pointed out that ?this is not about being politically correct, it?s about being correct.? The statement continued: ?The refusal to acknowledge this stems from a misunderstanding of what transphobia is.?
Lovato reposted the definition of transphobia, explaining that it is ?not just prejudice or violence against an individual trans person, it is a belief system that presumes non-trans people to be more ?natural? than trans people.?