Michael Feinstein speaks out of the cancellations of the Kennedy Center event, which led to the rejection of a pride program that he was to lead.
In an Instagram position earlier this week, the singer and pianist criticized the “recent losses of the Kennedy Center”, noting them as a “censorship sanctioned by the government”. There, Feinstein shared his “fear of queer?” Essay, where he also discussed cancellations.
“Recently, I was invited to lead the National Symphony Orchestra, to play and speak in a program entitled” A peacock among the pigeons: to celebrate 50 years of pride “at the Kennedy Center, which celebrated the rainbow of influence on art, music and all our culture,” Feinstein started. “This program was canceled suddenly and without ceremony.”
“These recent losses of the Kennedy Center could well be defined in the coming years, such as censorship and sineling of creativity, whatever creativity, whatever the value, based on sexual orientation,” he wrote. Later in the test, Feinstein also discussed Donald Trump's recent decree to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS.
“Indeed, the last attempts to screen for the PBS and the NPR of critical funds underline the fact that any access supported by the government to the arts is no longer sure,” he wrote. “Since the current administration has prohibited, canceled or prohibited, in order to erase any concert or program at the Kennedy Center, which in any way allows the existence of homosexuality.”
After his return to power, Donald Trump announced his intention to “end several individuals from the Board of Directors” of the Center on Truth Social in February, and appointed president of Kennedy Center during a vote which led to the dismissal of the long -standing president of the center, Deborah Rutter.
In a statement Shared online in early March, Roma Daravi, vice-president of public relations at Kennedy Center, said that “the only shows under the Kennedy Center programming umbrella that we have canceled since February 12 were due to the lack of sales or availability of artists.”
Feinstein continued: “The next logical step is to ban all works written by homosexual, bisexual, omnisente and transxual people, friends of homosexuals or people suspected of being a queer. It worked for the Nazis, right? ”
As a Life and collaborator for Liza Minnelli, the Egot winner showed her support for “Clarion Call Clarion de Feinstein on what can only be defined as a fanatic attack on the arts” and the LGBTQ +community.
“As an ally of the LGBTQ +community, a human rights defender, the daughter of two emblematic and amazing artists, a career to me who without contribution from Genius LGBTQ +, would have made me a singer with few songs, a dancer with some collaborators, mainly naked on stage, without scripts and I could continue!” Minnelli wrote. “Please read carefully” Fear of queer? ”
