Katy Perry, who made a loud political statement at her Brit Awards performance on Wednesday in England with giant puppets resembling Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May, weighed in on Trump's actions with a supportive tweet.

Trans friend, if you are struggling tonight, please reach out to @TrevorProject and @Translifeline. Equality for all! #ISTANDWITHGAVIN pic.twitter.com/bgipj0rmqg

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) February 23, 2017

America's Got Talent singer Evancho, one of the only mainstream pop artists who performed at Trump's inauguration, made a pointed rebuke to the president's action, standing up on behalf of her 18-year-old trans sister, Juliet, who is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against her school district over the right to use the women's room at school.

I am obviously disappointed in the @POTUS decision to send the #transgender bathroom issue to the states to decide. #sisterlove

— jackie evancho (@jackieevancho) February 22, 2017

According to a Reuters report, around 200 people gathered in front of the White House on Wednesday to protest the action, waving rainbow flags and chanting, "No hate, no fear, trans students welcome here." White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said Trump acted now because of the pending U.S. Supreme Court Case G.G. versus Gloucester County School Board, which will have Virginia transgender teen Gavin Grimm facing off against his local school board over their attempts to deny him the use of the boys' room at his high school.

Ms. DeVos most likely raised concerns about the reversal because she knows she will be the main one targeted by the blow-back.

The truth is I was never a supporter of Pres. Obama's executive order on this matter. Frankly, I felt it went too far in the wrong direction – so I am not particularly grieved to see it scrapped.

Had Pres. O's directive mandated that at least one rest-room per school-building be designated a *Unisex* restroom for anyone to use regardless of gender identification (and as per building size, more than one *Unisex* restroom be accessible) I would be fine with that. And I think most Americans would too.

Now looks like the U.S. Supreme Court will have to decide.

In the meantime, however, I am Very concerned about things possibly being allowed to go back to what it was before – with trans-identified children being targets of pervasive bullying and other forms of attacks.

Re: the most recent data available – the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey

Excerpt:

The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) is the largest survey examining the experiences of transgender people in the United States, with 27,715 respondents from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. military bases overseas. Conducted in the summer of 2015 by the National Center for Transgender Equality, the USTS was an anonymous, online survey for transgender adults (18 and older) in the United States.

Several {disturbing} themes emerge from the thousands of data points presented in the full survey report.

The majority of respondents who were out or perceived as transgender while in school (K–12) experienced some form of mistreatment, including being verbally harassed (54%), physically attacked (24%), and sexually assaulted (13%) because they were transgender. Further, 17% experienced such severe mistreatment that they left a school as a result. […]

Source: 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Report