Who is Rose Montoya – Has the activist been banned by The White House? Learn all there is to know.

The White House said a transgender model would be banned from future events due to photos and videos that show her topless on the South Lawn during an LGBTQ Pride month celebration on Saturday. Rose Montoya, a trans model and activist, was among hundreds invited by the Biden administration to mark Pride Month, which is observed every June.

Montoya shared a video from the event on Instagram that features a clip of her standing in front of the White House topless and covering her nipples with her hands. Right-wing media shared screenshots from Montoya’s video, with commentators and media personalities calling her actions “disrespectful.” Many of Montoya’s critics misgendered her by referring to her with male pronouns and called her anti-trans slurs.

A White House spokesperson said Tuesday that Montoya and the other people featured in her video would be banned from future events organized there. “This behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House. It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance,” the White House spokesperson said. “Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events.”

What did Rose Montoya have to say about it?

Montoya, who was not immediately available to speak with NBC News, addressed the backlash in a video on Instagram.

Montoya said her critics are affirming that she is a woman by being outraged, “because for some reason, people like to sexualize women’s bodies and say that they are inappropriate.” The backlash over Montoya’s video takes place amid an increasingly hostile national climate for the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people.

So far this year, state lawmakers have introduced 491 bills aimed at restricting LGBTQ rights, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Nearly half of those would restrict trans rights, with most focused on restricting transition-related medical care and trans athletes’ participation on school sports teams.

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