Controversy at White House Pride event over topless photo and LGBTQ participation.

The White House has banned transgender model and activist Rose Montoya from future events after she shared a video of herself topless at a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn. Montoya defended her actions, saying that going topless in Washington, D.C. is legal and that she was simply living in joy and existing in her body. The backlash over Montoya's video comes amid an increasingly hostile national climate for the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender people, with state lawmakers introducing 491 bills aimed at restricting LGBTQ+ rights so far this year.