Folk artist Lucy Dacus recently announced that she would donate money to individuals seeking transgender medical surgery in an effort to counter President Trump's executive orders regarding gender and transgender individuals.
Dacus, who is one-third of the Grammy Award-winning all-female music group Voygenious, told several of her followers on Wednesday that she is offering them $500 for each person who comments about her current situation. He said he would give a link to donate to the transition. Up to $10,000.
“If any transgender people would like to comment on the surgery donation, I will donate $10,000 in $500 increments until it runs out. If anyone else would like to scroll down and donate, please do so,” Dacus wrote. .
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Folk musician Lucy Dacus this week offered to donate thousands of dollars to the transgender causes of some of her fans. The move appears to be a response to President Trump's executive order regarding the U.S. government's treatment of gender and sex. (NBC/Contributor)
“The government will never be our source of validation or protection. We have to do it ourselves,” the singer added, suggesting he made the offer as a political protest.
Dacus' post came two days after President Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting Women from Gender Ideological Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”
The EO clarifies that it is U.S. policy to recognize two genders, male and female, that men and women are biologically distinct, and provides guidance on how government agencies will handle these directives. It also mentions whether it should be done.
Critics on the left were quick to condemn Trump's order. “The risks that transgender people face in society are increasing,” ACLU attorney and transgender advocate Chase Strangio said this week.
Dacus' post went viral, garnering more than 1 million views in just over a day, with many commenters sharing a link to a GoFundMe page where the singer and her fans can donate towards the procedure. I did.
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President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor presidential inaugural parade event in Washington, Monday, January 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
One user, Carter Tucker, asked Dacus to help him pay off debt from a recent sex procedure.
“I had surgery in November and still owe about 4,000 yen to the hospital. I would appreciate any help! Thank you for doing this, Lucy!” one user wrote.
Another person shared a GoFundMe page for a friend, saying: “My buddy Patrick is about to have crown surgery!!!”
Dacus, 29, came out as queer in 2016. In addition to her own pro-LGBTQ activism, she and her “Boy Genius” bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker write music that explores LGBTQ themes, and together they make many LGBTQ people proud. fan.
During their 2023 tour, the band led a “F— Ron DeSantis” chant on stage at Coachella to protest anti-LGBTQ legislation signed into law by Florida's governor.
The group also held a drag performance in Nashville that year to protest a Tennessee law restricting drag performances deemed “harmful to minors.”
The law is ultimately Will be abolished in 2023.
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Dacus did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
