Lizzo invited drag performers, including 'RuPaul's Drag Race' alumni, to perform with her at her Knoxville show on Friday
, which bans “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces and where it might be seen by minors. Instead, she decided to invite drag performers, including“In light of recent and tragic events and current events, I was told by people on the internet, ‘Cancel your shows in Tennessee,’ ‘Don’t go to Tennessee,’” Lizzo said during her set. “We don’t have to go there… Their reasons were valid.
”Lizzo added, “But why would I not come to the people who need to hear this message the most, the people who need to feel this release the most? Why would I not create a safe space in Tennessee where we can celebrate drag entertainers and celebrate our differences? And celebrate fat Black women?”Republican Governor Bill Lee — who also signed legislation banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care and prohibiting surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender youth — signed the...
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