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Lil Nas X Apologizes To Trans Community After Accusations Of Mocking Transitioning With Photo

<p><strong>Lil Nas X <&sol;strong>issued <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;master-p-issues-questionable-apology-to-son-romeo-miller-after-days-long-social-media-feud-people-gotta-stop-being-ungrateful&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">an apology<&sol;a> on Tuesday &lpar;March 15&rpar; after social media users accused him of offending people who identify as transgender&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Apologies to the trans community I def handled that situation with anger instead of considering why it was not cool&period; Much love to you guys&period; Sorry&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the <em>Old Town Road <&sol;em>artist tweeted&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lil-nas-x-reveals-he-has-covid-19-in-series-of-now-deleted-tweets&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">now-deleted tweet<&sol;a> sparked the backlash&period; In the post&comma; Lil Nas X shared a photo of a woman who resembles him&period; His caption said&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;the surgery was a success&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> with an added pink hearts emoticon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lil-nas-x-was-nervous-to-wear-a-skirt-during-performance-in-his-hometown-i-feel-like-im-changing-some-minds&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Lil Nas X Was Nervous To Wear A Skirt During Performance In His Hometown&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Feel Like I’m Changing Some Minds”<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CpyMAzMyjrA" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But&comma; six minutes after apologizing&comma; the rapper returned to the hot seat for his dismissive response to a Black trans woman and artist named <strong>Edge Slayer<&sol;strong>&period; She had slammed Lil Nas X&&num;8217&semi;s apology&comma; asking him to repair the damage from his tweet in <em>&&num;8220&semi;material ways&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> instead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Baby this apology ain&&num;8217&semi;t it&excl; You need to apologize too the trans community in material ways that include money&comma; sharing your platform to raise awareness and just keep it&excl; This is fake as hell&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Edge Slayer tweeted at Nas&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635711191996862464" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;LilNasX&sol;status&sol;1635711281331343360&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">replied<&sol;a>&comma; <strong>&&num;8220&semi;girl eat my a&ast;s&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;strong>His tweeted response received over 8&period;8 million impressions in less than 24 hours after being published on Tuesday afternoon&period; Critics have deemed the response as dismissive and disrespectful&comma; with some pledging to stop being fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635743858498629633" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635714720048234496" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635703712957218817" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Edge Slayer Says Lil Nas X Fans Are &&num;8216&semi;Attacking&&num;8217&semi; And Wishing Death On Her Following His Clapback<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>When this article was published&comma; Lil Nas X&&num;8217&semi;s <em>&&num;8220&semi;eat my a&ast;s&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> tweet was still posted to his Twitter page&period; Edge Slayer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;edgeslayer&sol;status&sol;1635719825803845632&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">responded to it<&sol;a>&comma; asking Lil Nas X for a reason behind the clapback&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Lol I don&&num;8217&semi;t follow you so I didn&&num;8217&semi;t see this&excl; But lol baby I&&num;8217&semi;m trans&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she tweeted&period; &&num;8220&semi;Why are you dunking on me&quest; I guess what I said struck a nerve because what&&num;8217&semi;s this&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635722276690886656" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635725008118120448" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following her redirection of his apology&comma; Edge Slayer says Nas&&num;8217&semi;s fans began attacking her in the replies and DMs&comma; including wishing death on her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635715590274048000" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635718112434884608" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Keep scrolling to see some examples of the fan behavior Edge Slayer mentioned above&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635717438984847360" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635717584137125888" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1635837902684065792" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lil Nas X has not commented further on the deleted photo or Edge Slayer&&num;8217&semi;s reveal that his fans are attacking her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"115630" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lil-nas-x-apologizes-to-trans-community&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c4f3441ad3"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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