Demi Lovato under fire for working with trans activist who called little girls ‘kinky’
Thomas McDonald
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Singer Demi Lovato is receiving criticism for her work with Alok Vaid-Menon, a transgender activist who posted about little girls being “kinky” while defending the idea of men using women’s bathrooms.
“These days, the narrative is that freaky transgender people (or as they say “crossdressers”) will come into your bathrooms and abuse innocent little girls…There are no fairy tales and no princesses here. Little girls are also queer, trans, kinky, deviant, kind, mean, beautiful, ugly, tremendous, and peculiar. Your kids aren’t as straight and narrow as you think they are,” Alok Vaid-Menon wrote in a post on his poetry page called Darkmatter on Facebook.
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The activist goes on to say what many call victim-blaming by claiming that there are no “perfect victims” anywhere and argued that society should move away from viewing children as “pure.”
Lovato recently had Alok on her “4D With Demi Lovato” podcast to discuss her recent revelation that she is “non-binary.” The response to Alok’s appearance was largely negative, with many calling out Lovato for giving a platform to a man who claims little girls are “kinky.”
“Author and performer Alok Vaid-Menon is an important voice within the non-binary community. They join 4D for Demi’s very personal announcement,” the show’s description reads.
“Someone who claims children aren’t pure and are “kinky” gets no opinion,” reads the top comment.
“Ironic how Demi is healing apparently but seeks advice from a predator,” said another.
“What a horrible HORRIBLE guest, imagine supporting a predator just because he panders to your political talking points… utmost shame to you both,” wrote another.
“Demi, care to explain why you brought someone who said little girls are kinky?” Said someone else.
Other comments on the show include:
Lovato came out as “non-binary,” meaning she doesn’t identify as a woman or a man and uses “They/Them” pronouns. “I was suppressing who I really am in order to please stylists, or team members, or this or that, or even fans that wanted me to be the sexy, feminine pop star in the, in the leotard and look a certain way, you know?” She said in May.