Just weeks after the Kennedy Center fired a member of its leadership team due to his Christian beliefs regarding homosexuality, the venue permitted a LGBT “pride” concert to take place.
The New York Times reported that “five Democratic senators staged a gay pride concert at a small theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday night as a form of symbolic protest against President Trump’s takeover of the institution.”
Those who participated included Broadway artists like Javier Muñoz, a “Hamilton” alum who sang “Satisfied” from the musical, and composer Andrew Lippa, who performed the song “I Am Harvey Milk” alongside the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington.
“The 90-minute concert was called ‘Love Is Love,’ a slogan used by the gay
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