Twitter round up: Celebrities respond to the transgender ban

Celebrities and citizens have taken to social media to respond to a series of tweets from the president Wednesday morning announcing a ban on all transgender Americans serving in the military.

Today, Donald Trump issued a series of tweets that informed the public that transgender Americans could no longer serve in any capacity in the military. Obviously, Twitter users have not been quiet about their feelings about this news. For one, Donald Trump had previously assured the LGBTQ+ community that he was their ally.

This doesn’t exactly show him as a great ally to any American, and he went on to spread messages of love for God throughout the morning. Basically, it’s just been a strange day to be around the Trump administration.

With everything these tweets have started, many celebrities and citizens alike have taken to the internet to share their outrage for what is happening in America. First, let’s look at Trump’s initial tweets from this morning.

The beginning of a series of tweets (our president sure does love his ellipses), Trump began to explain that it wasn’t just his decision to do this.

He even goes on to say that transgender people cannot be involved in the military in any capacity, presumably meaning they would be barred from technical roles as well as those in the armed forces.

At least he ended this with “Thank you.” Right?

Later, Sen. John McCain’s office released a statement trying to clarify Trump’s tweets, but the fall-out was well underway.

Celebrities react

Well, obviously there was outrage. The best? The medical cost that Trump talked about is far less than what the government spends on Viagra for the military.

A lot of outrage was also geared towards Caitlyn Jenner. The transgender Olympian has been loud and proud about her support of Donald Trump and now, suddenly when it directly affects her, she’s angry.

Other transgender stars began voicing their outrage as well. Laverne Cox was one of the main stars to make sure her anger was heard.

And as they should. This is insane. There is no reason that these things should be happening in our country right now. Many of us are angry and upset. We feel almost hopeless. And we’re clearly not alone.

Here are a few other celebrity responses:

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We here at Culturess stand by our transgender brothers and sisters at this difficult time.