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To be disappointed Dolly Parton supported biological men using women's toilets?

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Jane3212 · 21/09/2026 00:44

I really liked her music and she seemed like a nice person: her Imagination Library came to my borough recently. I was very sad to hear she'd died.
But was very disappointed to read this. The statements she made about trans people deserving respect, no issue with those.
But minimising the reasonable concerns women have about being forced to let men in their toilets was wrong.
I'm not saying she should have spoken out for GC issues. It might have been best just not to comment.
Parton had connections with drag queens and I wonder if that's the lens she saw transwomen through : not an excuse but might partially explain.

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Strokethefurrywall · 21/09/2026 01:02

She’s been dead less than 2 weeks for crying out loud!!! This woman has done enough during the course of her lifetime to uplift the lives of millions, and yet, in your eyes, she’s a disappointment because of something youve decided she didn’t speak up enough about??

Fucks sake.

Jane3212 · 21/09/2026 00:52

dustabsorber · 21/09/2026 00:48

Why ate you besmirching her memory?

I get that a lot people loved her music, her charity work: I still do. But does that mean nothing she did can be criticised even mildly?
I'm not saying this negates her music or her philanthropy.

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SnowFrogJelly · 21/09/2026 00:49

She was a great talent and a lovely person.. personally I couldn’t give an ff what she said about toilets

dustabsorber · 21/09/2026 00:48

Why ate you besmirching her memory?

SnowFrogJelly · 21/09/2026 00:48

Does it really matter.. she’s no longer with us

Whoops75 · 21/09/2026 00:48

I’m sure she’s devastated 🙄

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