Pedro Pascal is once again condemning anti-transgender bigotry.
In a recent Instagram post, the 49-year-old actor shared a photo to his nearly 9 million followers of a sign affixed outside of a building which reads, “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.”
“I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist,” Pascal captioned the post.
Pascal also took the time to respond to a troll who wrote, "You were my favourite actor.... I'm unfollowing you... bullshit."
"nooooooooooooo [nail polish emoji]," he replied sarcastically.
While the Chilean actor didn’t explicitly mention names, his comments appeared to reference recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration.
As explained by The Pink News, Trump implemented several measures restricting the rights of transgender and nonbinary individuals in the U.S., including recognizing only two sexes, banning trans women and girls from competing in women’s sports, barring trans people from military service, and limiting gender-affirming care for youth under 19.
The policies have also affected passport issuances from the State Department, with trans individuals like Euphoria star Hunter Schafer revealing that her passport was changed to “male.”
“I do believe it is a direct result of the administration our country is currently operating under," Schafer said in a video shared last week. "And I guess I’m just sort of scared of the way this stuff slowly gets implemented."
She continued, “I don’t give a fuck that they put a M on my passport. It doesn’t change really anything about me or my transness, however, it does make life a little harder. Personally, I mean I haven’t tested it out yet, I’ll [find] out next week when I have to travel abroad with my new passport, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to come along with having to out myself to like border patrol agents and that whole gig much more often than I would like to or is really necessary.
“And this is just my personal circumstance, and thinking about other trans women who this might also be happening to, or other trans people, the list only gets longer as far as the intricacies that come along with the difficulty that this brings into real life shit.”
Pascal has been a loud and proud advocate for the LGBTQ community with particular focus on trans rights, inspired by his sister, Lux Pascal, who is trans.