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Bernardo Sim reports at Out Magazine:
Playwright, actor, and live performer Harvey Fierstein revealed that he’s been banned from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. — otherwise known as the Kennedy Center — through a new statement in which the theater legend criticized President Donald Trump’s takeover of the national cultural center and issued an alert to the American people. Between calls for boycotting the cultural center to messages of support and respect for Fierstein’s work, other high-profile celebrities also re-shared the post via Instagram stories and highlighted their anger.
From Fierstein’s post:
The shows I’ve written are now banned from being performed in our premiere American theater.
Those shows, most of which have been performed there in the past, include Kinky Boots, La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy, Hairspray, Safe Sex, Casa Valentina, Spookhouse, A Catered Affair, The Sissy Duckling, Bella Bella, and more.
I have been in the struggle for our civil rights for more than 50 years only to watch them snatched away by a man who actually couldn’t care less. He does this stuff only to placate the religious right, so they’ll look the other way as he savages our political system for his own glorification. He attacks free speech. He attacks the free press. He attacks America’s allies. His only allegiance is to himself — the golden calf.
My fellow Americans I warn you — this is NOT how it begins. This is how freedom ENDS! Trump may have declared ‘woke’ as dead in America. We must prove him wrong. WAKE THE HELL UP!!!!!”
Last month Trump tasked his homocon crotchsniffer Richard Grenell with ensuring that no “drag shows or anti-American propaganda” appears on the Kennedy Center stage.
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