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Alyssa Milano is being slammed for calling herself a "trans, disabled, person of colour"
12 March 2019, 11:26
Whew… what a mess.
Alyssa Milano is getting called out for wrongly declaring she's a part of various minority groups on Twitter. The "Insatiable" actress shared the controversial tweet to mark International Women's Day (March 8.), after she dedicated the day to her "transgender sisters".
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Someone asked Alyssa if she was transgender, and she replied: "I'm trans. I'm a person of color. I'm an immigrant. I'm a lesbian. I'm a gay man. I'm the disabled.
I’m trans. I’m a person of color. I’m an immigrant. I’m a lesbian. I’m a gay man. I’m the disabled.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) March 9, 2019
I’m everything. And so are you, Kirk.
Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know or understand. No one wants to hurt you. We are all just looking for our happily ever after. https://t.co/znkQizV37k
"I'm everything. And so are you, Kirk.
"Don't be afraid of what you don’t know or understand. No one wants to hurt you. We are all just looking for our happily ever after."
Right…
The tweet sparked backlash because as a cisgendered white woman, she couldn't possibly understand what it is like to be disabled, LGBTQ+ or a person of colour.
No. No. This is not how any of this works. Oppression and intersectionality isn’t an outfit that you decide to put on whenever you like.
— zellie (@zellieimani) March 9, 2019
"the disabled" Oy vey. When you thought it couldn't get worse.
— Hell on Wheels🔥♿🔥 (@rollwthepunches) March 9, 2019
Supporting trans people, people of color, immigrants, lesbians, gay men, and disabled people is all well and good. Claiming to BE them just because you “love” them is just sort of asinine and perverts the idea of being an ally. I support disabled people. Doesn’t mean I’m disabled
— Rob Gavagan (@RobGavagan) March 10, 2019
She's a rich elite who can't relate to the real world but gets high off of likes and retweets.
— Mike (@krAZYmGuy) March 9, 2019
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
— Preston Mitchum (@PrestonMitchum) March 9, 2019
I think this is a nice sentiment and might go further if YOU also took the same advice and applied it to people who don’t think like you politically and ideologically.
— Kira (@RealKiraDavis) March 9, 2019
Look you could have said "I support" rather than "I am." Because at the end of the day, you will never face the difficulties a trans woman, or a black woman, or a lesbian will. So saying "I am" comes off as condescending & gross
— 🌻Elle 🐈 Gato🌻 (@ellle_em) March 9, 2019
I like her but she gets too much dip on her chip sometimes.
— Roman Reigns Stan Account (@_cfoxx90) March 9, 2019
I knew #alyssamilano was touched in The head when she got these “braids”. Now she’s a disabled trans, gay lesbian of color 🙄. pic.twitter.com/HvZaXsUYFs
— Auntie Daja (@ShoeGamePapi) March 11, 2019
Well, following the backlash, Alyssa apologised and insisted it wasn't her intention to offend anyone. She actually intended to post a quote by poet Jalaluddin Rumi, which read: "This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are," but for some reason that's not exactly how it came out.
"I'm glad this tweet invoked conversation," she continued. "I'm so sorry it offended some. I see you and hear you. But just a reminder, empathy is not a bad thing.
"Nuance is important and literal interpretation is not always intended. And I can identify with and not identify as. Both are powerful."