Love Rising, an upcoming benefit event in Nashville to help Tennessee-based LGBTQ organizations in the wake of anti-Gay laws that have been passed in the state, is planned to feature a number of performers, including Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow.
Morris posted the concert poster and the statement, “Art & community are, and have always been, oppression’s medicine,” on Instagram on Tuesday. “Let’s demonstrate to these legislators that they do not represent Tennessee as a whole. Love will win out.On March 20, the concert at Bridgestone Arena will feature performances by Jason Isbell, Hayley Williams, Brittany Howard, Julien Baker, Allison Russell, Brothers Osborne, Amanda Shires, Joy Oladokun, Yola, Jake Wesley Rogers, Mya Byrne, and the Rainbow Coalition Band.
“Love is always more powerful than hate and fear,” Crow stated on social media.
The Tennessee Equality Project, inclusion Tennessee, OUTMemphis, and The Tennessee Pride Chamber are some of the groups that the performance will support.
Hollywood celebrities have flocked to social media in protest after Tennessee recently enacted two contentious anti-LGBTQ laws — one that forbids gender-affirming care for children and another that forbids drag queens from performing in public.RuPaul continued, “Drag queens are the Marines of the queer movement. Don’t get it twisted and don’t be distracted. Register to vote so we can get these stunt queens out of office and put some smart people with real solutions into government. And by the way, a social media post has never been as powerful as a registered vote.”
