Lil B Twitter Rant: Calls Himself Transphobic, Says It Comes from Insecurity

Rapper Lil B posted an inappropriate joke on Twitter this Monday night but, within minutes, apologized for it. In a series of tweets, Lil B called himself "transphobic" and said he's still growing up and learning.

The first tweet was seemingly unprompted, and had Lil B saying he's going to call himself transgender so he can go into women's locker rooms. Minutes later, he tweeted that he was already getting backlash and apologized.

But that apology was quickly followed by another tweet explaining that he has love for humans but didn't want to attract "men turned women." Despite this, Lil B said he's "still growing" and that it's "all about learning and and accepting and being comfortable with self."

Lil B called himself transphobic and admitted that he's insecure about himself. His transphobia, he said, comes from this insecurity and from a lack of familiarity with transgender people.

"I am transphobic and I need help to learn to accept I'm scared because I'm not comfortable with my self I love u I love born girls," Lil B tweeted.

Rapper Kreayshawn tweeted her support of Lil B working to learn, saying that no one's perfect "but learning helps us all."

Lil B certainly isn't the first person to tweet something transphobic, and isn't the first semi-famous person to do so either. After the Vanity Fair cover was released in June with Caitlyn Jenner announcing the name she's going by now, former Nickelodeon actor Drake Bell tweeted that he wasn't going to be calling Jenner by Caitlyn. Soon after, Bell apologized on Twitter for his "insensitive remarks."

Khloé Kardashian explained that she's still learning about trans issues and wording as she follows Jenner through her journey.

"I don't know if I've used appropriate terminology; I don't know if I'm offending anybody. I'm learning as we're filming," Kardashian said in Complex.

Jenner shared the story of 14-year-old Kyler Prescott, who was trans and killed himself, to draw attention to the high suicide rate among transgender youth. Transphobia presents a real risk to transgender men and women, who can be violently targeted for who they are. So far in 2015, 11 transgender women have been murdered, according to Advocate.

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