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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 01:13 PM Jan 2017

Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community

http://www.thewrap.com/jennifer-holliday-trump-inauguration-lgbt/


Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community (Exclusive)

“I sincerely apologize for my lapse of judgement,” Broadway legend writes in open letter provided to TheWrap
Itay Hod | January 14, 2017 @ 8:20 AM


Jennifer Holliday has canceled her appearance at Donald Trump’s inauguration event next week, calling her decision to perform a “lapse of judgement.”

In an open letter, provided exclusively to TheWrap, the “Dreamgirls” star apologized to the LGBT community, saying she was “uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans.”

The Tony and Grammy winner came under fire from some of her fans on Friday after it was announced that she was set to perform at a concert as part of Trump’s inauguration festivities.

Holliday, considered a longtime LGBT ally, explained that she changed her mind after reading a Friday Daily Beast story titled, “Jennifer Holliday Will Perform at Trump’s Inauguration, Which Is Heartbreaking to Gay Fans.”

The article argued that the singer’s decision to participate in the inaugural event was “an act that seems to defy everything her most passionate supporters stand for, and even issues she herself has supported throughout her career.”

“My only choice must now be to stand with the LGBT Community and to state unequivocally that I WILL NOT PERFORM FOR THE WELCOME CONCERT OR FOR ANY OF THE INAUGURATION FESTIVITIES!”

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Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2017 OP
k&r bigtree Jan 2017 #1
K&R. gademocrat7 Jan 2017 #2
Nice!!!! uponit7771 Jan 2017 #3
Jennifer Holiday is a legend. One of the greatest voices of all time. Glad she sobered up. grossproffit Jan 2017 #4
"And I Am Telling You...I'm not going" DURHAM D Jan 2017 #5
Twitter splutter storm in 3,2,1,... central scrutinizer Jan 2017 #6
Glad she changed her mind. Here's link to Daily Beast story, which is an eloquent suffragette Jan 2017 #7
At the rate he's going, the only female vocalist available will be Britney Spears. tenorly Jan 2017 #8
Pretty sure she'd only do the gig if her daddy-guardian makes her. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #9

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
7. Glad she changed her mind. Here's link to Daily Beast story, which is an eloquent
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 02:24 PM
Jan 2017

and persuasive article. Good to have this as an example of what can work in helping someone to change her mind and act on her (and our) best interests. It would have terrible to have her sing her signature song of "And I am Telling You" at a Trump event and to connect that song in any way, shape or form to him.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/13/jennifer-holliday-will-perform-at-trump-s-inauguration-which-is-heartbreaking-to-gay-fans.html

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