{"id":689430,"date":"2025-09-11T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sabrina-carpenter-made-a-pro-trans-statement-with-her-2025-vmas-performance\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:35:09","slug":"sabrina-carpenter-made-a-pro-trans-statement-with-her-2025-vmas-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sabrina-carpenter-made-a-pro-trans-statement-with-her-2025-vmas-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabrina Carpenter made a pro-trans statement with her 2025 VMAs performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d1a16d703d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sabrina_q3ftng\/sabrina-carpenter-2025-vmas-performance.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sabrina_q3ftng\/sabrina-carpenter-2025-vmas-performance.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sabrina_q3ftng\/sabrina-carpenter-2025-vmas-performance.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sabrina_q3ftng\/sabrina-carpenter-2025-vmas-performance.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sabrina_q3ftng\/sabrina-carpenter-2025-vmas-performance.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Sabrina Carpenter made a pro-trans statement with her 2025 VMAs performance\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      MTV\/VMAs<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273864\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Sabrina Carpenter&#8217;s &#8220;Tears&#8221; might be the year&#8217;s newest horny anthem but it turns out it&#8217;s also a moment for the pop star to stand behind some real business.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            At the 2025 VMAs on Sunday night, the singer turned her performance of the new single into a political statement as she staged a Protect the Dolls protest where she was joined on stage by drag queens and ballroom dancer Honey Balenciaga.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Channeling the same spirited vibe of the song&#8217;s music video (which featured Oscar nominee Colman Domingo in drag), the performance kicked off as a vibrant throwback block party and with Carpenter crawling out of a sewer grate. Later, &#8220;Protect the Dolls&#8221; picket signs <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on stage with hunky police officers gyrating along as Carpenter closed the performance with a Britney-coded in-the-rain dance break and more &#8220;protect trans rights&#8221; signs.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The star&#8217;s music video for the song channeled <i>Rocky Horror<\/i> with Domingo playing a campy, horrorfied version of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. It arrived with her latest studio album, <i>Man&#8217;s Best Friend<\/i>, on August 29.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Protect the Dolls is a rallying cry that originated in 1980s ballroom scene that&#8217;s recently experienced a resurgence in popular <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> as celebrities have donned &#8220;Protect the Dolls&#8221; shirts in response to rising anti-trans legislation in the U.S. Troye Sivan, Pedro Pescal, Addison Rae, and more have all been photographed with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tianarandall\/2025\/05\/05\/can-i-protect-the-dolls-t-shirt-really-save-all\/\">slogan on their shirts recently<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Watch Carpenter&#8217;s 2025 VMAs performance of &#8220;Tears&#8221; below.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273865\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s full performance of \u201cTears\u201d at this year\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VMAs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VMAs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Protect the dolls. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/69vyL8xECJ\">pic.twitter.com\/69vyL8xECJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SabrinaUpdates (@charts_sabrina) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charts_sabrina\/status\/1964859924762317074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Steffanee Wang<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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