Poker Face’s Natasha Lyonne slams transphobes: ‘It’s no business what somebody’s privates are’
Natasha Lyonne has affirmed her support for the trans community. (Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
Natasha Lyonne has affirmed her support for the trans community. (Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne has slammed transphobes in a new interview, saying, “It’s no business what somebody’s privates are.”
The Russian Doll actress is hot on the heels of her second season of the critically acclaimed series Poker Face, which features Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes and some of her former Orange Is The New Black co-stars.
The LGBTQ+ ally affirmed in a recent interview with Glamour Magazine that she’s “so grateful” for the queer community’s support she has received since her appearance in the 1999 film, But I’m a Cheerleader.
“I am not sure that I completely identify with this projected female dream that winning at life is finding that dude and putting on a crockpot or something. It’s never really been my trip,” Lyonne said of the current political climate under the Trump administration, which has scapegoated the trans community in particular.
“So regardless of, well, I do love dudes, but I do think that everybody in this life is entitled to equal rights and the dignity of their experience. And I certainly think that it’s absolutely insane to judge somebody’s personal freedoms on the basis of…It’s no one’s business what somebody’s privates are. What a weird head trip to get involved in.”
Lyonne went on, explaining her detest for “inequality in all forms”. She said, “I think it’s important to also let people have their belief systems… People are attracted who they’re attracted to. It’s just none of your business, mind your own business.
“I loathe racism…I think it’s insane that somebody thinks that they have a right to tell a woman about her power to choose. To quote Sarah Silverman, ‘If men could get abortions, they’d be available at ATMs everywhere’. So I don’t know how they think the babies got in there, but the answer was firm. So it’s a real case closed and I’m not a fan,” she said.
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