The Party of ‘Inclusivity’ Comes for Grimes

Pop star Grimes is learning the hard way that inclusivity has its limits. She has been invited to perform at the WorldPride 2025 event in June in Washington, D.C, and is excited to “MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN,” she says on X. But calls for her cancellation are slowly mounting, despite the activist’s longtime support for the LGBTQ cause. The reason: She is one of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s baby mothers.

Grimes, or Claire Elise Boucher, is a Canadian star who began to release music in 2006. During her successful 20-year career, Grimes has performed at all-star music festivals such as Coachella and Lollapalooza, has opened for Diplo and Skrillex, Lana Del Rey, and Florence and the Machine, and has also gone on multiple tours herself. She is a mother to three children with tech billionaire Musk: X Æ A-Xii, who’s four years old, Exa Dark Sideræl, who’s three, and Techno Mechanicus, who’s two.

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Haley Strack

Haley Strack is a former staff writer at National Review.

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Pop star Grimes is learning the hard way that inclusivity has its limits. She has been invited to perform at the WorldPride 2025 event in June in Washington, D.C, and is excited to “MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN,” she says on X. But calls for her cancellation are slowly mounting, despite the activist’s longtime support for the LGBTQ cause. The reason: She is one of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s baby mothers.

Grimes, or Claire Elise Boucher, is a Canadian star who began to release music in 2006. During her successful 20-year career, Grimes has performed at all-star music festivals such as Coachella and Lollapalooza, has opened for Diplo and Skrillex, Lana Del Rey, and Florence and the Machine, and has also gone on multiple tours herself. She is a mother to three children with tech billionaire Musk: X Æ A-Xii, who’s four years old, Exa Dark Sideræl, who’s three, and Techno Mechanicus, who’s two.