Spiritbox singer Courtney LaPlante has opened up about speaking up against transphobia. The singer took to her social media to respond to a fan comment that said, “Spiritbox have made it people are transvestigating Courtney.”
“I noticed a big push of that, I never encountered before, about 5-7 years ago when far right people decided to start obsessing over trans people for many brain dead reasons. Transphobia is never objective. If someone tries to insult me about that I say ‘thanks,’ I’m not insulted,” she wrote.
A fan from the LGBTQ+ community shared their gratitude to LaPlante for being vocal about it. “I don’t even consider myself to be vocal, as much as (for some reason) people who are obsessed with other’s genitals like to project that onto me,” the rocker responded. “I am just an artist who is very inspired by trans women, always have been. They move the culture. They influence the culture.”
“It’s not transphobia. It’s people being sick of having trans issues shoved in their face every day. Most on the right just want to quietly get on with their lives, while listening to Spirtbox really loud,” another user explained the situation.
“I would say that those people sound scared…almost like, they have some sort of phobic reaction, which is very useful to anyone trying to create a narrative about an oppressed minority of people,” the rocker replied.
LaPlante earlier spoke up about transphobia on social media as well. It all started when Architects guitarist Adam Christian reposted a post from political commentator Tim Pool, who quoted a video by American MMA fighter Sean Strickland. In the video, Strickland was at a press conference, saying he would feel like he had failed as a man if he had a gay son.
He later deleted the repost because it was an ‘accident,’ but many fans figured that it wasn’t because he had liked similar posts earlier.
Silent Planet frontman Garret Russell responded to the video, and it received some negative comments. “Who are you referring to?,” LaPlante responded to a user’s comment under Russell’s post.
When the same user started making transphobic comments, the rocker simply told them not to support her band anymore. “How about you stay in YOUR stinky lane and don’t cross into MY normal person lane and you can stop supporting my band.”
Spiritbox’s next show is on September 23 in Newark, New Jersey. The band will wrap up their tour on February 23 on Hamburg, Germany.
I noticed a big push of that, I never encountered before, about 5-7 years ago when far right people decided to start obsessing over trans people for many brain dead reasons. Transphobia is never objective. If someone tries to insult me about that I say “thanks”, I’m not insulted
— courtney laplante™️ (@corklezlaplante) September 21, 2024
I don’t even consider myself to be vocal, as much as (for some reason) people who are obsessed with other’s genitals like to project that onto me. I am just an artist who is very inspired by trans women, always have been. They move the culture. They influence the culture ❤️
— courtney laplante™️ (@corklezlaplante) September 21, 2024
I would say that those people sound scared…almost like, they have some sort of phobic reaction, which is very useful to anyone trying to create a narrative about an oppressed minority of people
— courtney laplante™️ (@corklezlaplante) September 21, 2024