Clavicular’s audience is extremely paranoid he may have kissed a trans woman on stream

This story originally appeared on Them.Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular, legal name Braden Eric Peters, went viral over the weekend for allegedly kissing a transgender woman during his ongoing livestream. However, that’s not the case.On Friday, June 27, a viral clip from the livestream capturing Clavicular’s stint in Paris — where he made his Fashion Week debut but has received the equivalent of a shrug as a reception from the French citizenry — showed him speaking to two women who he met outside a club and clearly asking if one of them was trans.Clavicular is receiving backlash from his fans after he kissed a trans model while at the club😳 pic.twitter.com/sfK2ngWzLZ— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) June 27, 2026 “It’s no disrespect whatsoever, but are you …” Clavicular begins to ask before mouthing to ask if she is trans. The woman leans in closer to him, and Clavicular continues, “They’re saying …” and although he lowers his voice, the footage clearly shows him mouthing the word “trans” in her ear.“You are? I was wondering. I don’t give a fuck, but like …” he continues. The viral clip then cuts to him kissing one of the two women he spoke to on the dance floor. Several of the clips made about the encounter assumed that Clavicular was kissing the woman he had asked about being trans, but in fact the two friends outside the club were wearing the same dress.Initial reaction to the viral video on social media made it seem as though the woman in the video was kissing Clavicular without telling him she was trans — a time-worn transphobic trope meant to depict trans people as deceptive. The myth that trans people routinely hide their gender identity to engage in sexual or romantic encounters has been used to justify the trans panic defense, a legal strategy that claims violence against trans people is more excusable if an assailant feels “tricked” by a trans person — and one that is now illegal in 20 states, per the National L