By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-03-28 13:46:43 | Updated at 2025-04-03 11:59:36
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Patricia Arquette has hit out at a transgender woman who claimed that lesbians who refuse to date trans women are transphobic.
The progressive actress, whose late sister Alexis was trans, was responding to a video by TikTok creator Dr Michael Ann who wrote a song about the issue.
'If you're cis and you won't date trans folks, you're a transphobe,' the creator crooned.
'If that made you mad maybe it's your prejudices you need to probe. No matter the reasons you've got you're reducing us to when we disrobe.
'I know you think you've got good reasons and maybe you do. Trauma's real, it's hard to heal, I'd never say that isn't true.
'But transphobia is transphobia and you won't get a pass a pass when we're through,' Ann continued in a line taken as a threat by some feminist and lesbian activists.
'We're human beings, not sex organs, cis lesbians, I'm talking to you,' Ann concluded.
But Arquette, 56, was left incensed by the video and took to Instagram to comment after it was re-shared by another account.
'No one has the right to pressure, force, coerce or demand anyone to date anyone,' she fumed. 'End of story. It is not discrimination.'
Patricia Arquette has hit out at a transgender woman who claimed that refusing to date a trans people is transphobic
A TikTok creator wrote a song where she accused cisgender people of 'prejudice' for not wanting to date trans people
Tiktok creator Dr Michael Ann who describes herself as a transgender lesbian has since turned her account private.
Arquette is an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and previously called for an end to the persecution of trans people during an Emmys acceptance speech for her role in Hulu's 'The Act'.
She paid tribute to her late sister Alexis, who documented her transition in the 2007 documentary, Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother.
'I’m in mourning every day of my life, Alexis, and I will be the rest of my life for you, until we change the world so that trans people are not persecuted,' Arquette said.
'And give them jobs. They’re human beings. Let’s give them jobs. Let’s get rid of this bias that we have everywhere.
Last year Arquette referred to Alexis as her 'guardian angel' in an interview with US Magazine as she paid tribute to her late sibling as part of a series in celebration of Pride month.
'I think we've historically had so much trauma and suppression and strange laws and treatment of this whole community that it's a beautiful thing to come together as a community and say, you know, we're proud and we're living beautiful lives and we have all these dreams and our dreams are coming true,' Arquette said.
'All of the allies can be like, "Yes, we support you. We love you".'
Arquette is an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and has consistently used her platform in support of trans rights in memory of her late sister Alexis Arquette (left) who was trans
Arquette (center) is staunchly anti-Donald Trump and attended the 2017 women's march protest with her daughter Harlow Jane (left) and sister Rosanna Arquette (right)
But Arquette insisted that, 'No one has the right to pressure, force, coerce or demand anyone to date anyone'
The True Romance actress is staunchly anti-Donald Trump and has frequently spoken out against him.
In 2017 she was among the participants of the women's march in protest over the president.
She also confronted Elon Musk after he stated he would be voting Republican in 2022.
However she appears to have broken with her true blue leanings over the issue and taken a view more commonly seen in the GOP.
The actress currently stars in hit show Severance and previously won an Oscar for her work in the film Boyhood.
She was previously married to actor Nicholas Cage, while her brother David Arquette was previously married to Friends star Courtney Cox.
Earlier this year she revealed she is looking for love online after quietly ending her longtime relationship with Eric White.
