Trump fan dragged for ridiculous claim there were no trans people in the 70s– meet Rachel Humphreys

It is impossible to think of the Velvet Underground without thinking about Lou Reed, but so many of Reed’s fans are unaware of the life he led behind closed doors with his trans girlfriend Rachel Humphreys.

On 1 September 2024, Trump superfan and MAGA activist Mila Joy tweeted the frankly ridiculous observation: “Remember the 1970s and 1980s when no one was autistic, gluten intolerant, or transgender. So what happened?”

As trans people have always existed and always will, this claim was easily debunked. One particularly popular rebuttal was shared by a user called @DylanTweetin, who simply shared a photo of “Lou Reed & his trans girlfriend” taken by legendary music photographer Mick Rock for Melody Maker magazine in 1977.