With anti-LGBTQ payments persevering with to brush throughout the U.S. at a excessive pace, a few of the most outstanding drag performers on this planet received collectively on Sunday (May 7) to say that sufficient is sufficient.
The Drag Isn’t Dangerous livestream telethon, hosted by Justin Martindale, Alaska 5000, Peppermint and Adam Shankman and created by Producer Entertainment Group, raised greater than $500,000 for LGBTQ charities. The occasion noticed performers together with RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 7 winner Jinkx Monsoon, Jake Wesley Rogers, Bob the Drag Queen and extra take to the stage in each dwell and pre-taped performances to assist elevate cash for organizations benefiting the queer group.
Along with performances, the occasion additionally featured a lot of testimonials from LGBTQ entertainers and famous allies reminiscent of Margaret Cho, Adam Lambert, Charlize Theron, Sarah Silverman and Melissa McCarthy, who spoke out in opposition to the rampant discrimination being confronted by LGBTQ folks all over the place. In some of the blistering statements of the night, RuPaul’s Drag Race decide Michelle Visage blasted state legislatures aiming to limit drag performances.
“I wish I could say that I am glad to be here, but I am appalled I have to be at something called Drag Isn’t Dangerous,” she stated through the occasion. “Imagine a world where dancers are told they can’t dance; imagine a world where artists are told they cannot take paint to canvas … because it is ‘bad for children.’ That is what is happening to drag right now.”
All proceeds from the occasion are being cut up amongst a pool of charities, together with GLAAD, GLSEN, Headcount, Black Queer Town Hall, The ACLU Drag Defense Fund, Trans Justice Funding Project and the Victory Fund to assist and defend drag performers in opposition to anti-drag laws in states reminiscent of Tennessee and Florida.
In addition, the telethon featured the debut of the brand new groove-fueled charity single “Drag Isn’t Dangerous,” carried out by Jayelle and Ocean Kelly. Now out there on all streaming companies, the brand new single is equally donating all proceeds to the charities talked about above.
For those that missed the dwell telethon, concern not — you should purchase a ticket to observe the total stream right here. Additional donations will be made on Drag Isn’t Dangerous’ official GoFundMe web page, and extra info surrounding the charities and performers concerned will be discovered on the group’s official web site.
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