Lucy Dacus distributes $10k to trans GoFundMe appeals in wake of Trump’s cruel legislative attacks
Queer boygenius star Lucy Dacus is donating $10,000 (£8,100) to trans people’s GoFundMe pages, following Donald Trump’s recent legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
The singer, who has announced a new album and tour of North America, wrote on X/Twitter that she would be giving away “$10k in $500 (£400) increments” to individual GoFundMe pages for trans people’s gender-affirming care, after Trump signed anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders.
Encouraging others to donate, Dacus wrote: “The government will never be the source of our validation or protection, we have to do it ourselves.”
Fans praised her for “putting her money where her mouth is”, with one person writing: “This is the exact kind of thing people with means and privilege need to be doing right now.”
Another said: “Looking up to artists, and
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