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Pedro Pascal is continuing to stand up for the trans community.
The “Last of Us” star, 50, stepped out at the “Thunderbolts” premiere in London on April 22 wearing a white T-shirt with the phrase “protect the dolls.” The shirt is used to express support for trans women, who are sometimes referred to as dolls.
Fashion designer Conner Ives created the shirt and wore it at London Fashion Week in February. He told The New York Times that he woke up the morning after his fashion week show with a flood of emails asking where to buy it.
According to Ives’ website, proceeds from the sale of the shirt are being donated to Trans Lifeline, a nonprofit that offers support to trans people in crisis. Weeks before Ives debuted the shirt, President Donald Trump announced the federal government would recognize only two sexes, male and female.
Pascal was previously spotted wearing the shirt while celebrating his 50th birthday. The actor has been a vocal supporter of the transgender community for years, and his sister, Lux Pascal, came out as a trans woman in 2021. At the time, the “Mandalorian” star took to Instagram to share the cover of a Chilean magazine where his sister came out as trans. “Mi hermana, mi corazón, nuestra Lux,” he wrote, which translates to, “My sister, my heart, our Lux.”
Speaking to Esquire in 2023, Pascal said his sister has “always been one of the most powerful people and personalities I’ve ever known,” adding, “My protective side is lethal, but I need her more than she needs me.”
Pascal also called out anti-trans bigotry in an Instagram post in February. “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,” he captioned a post, which showed a sign that read, “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.”
Pascal attended the premiere of Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” ahead of his own debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” in which he plays Reed Richards. He’ll reprise the role in next year’s “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Contributing: Deborah Barfield Berry, Cydney Henderson
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