{"id":561123,"date":"2023-03-08T18:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/will-any-bonnaroo-performer-defy-tennessees-ban-on-drag-performance\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T18:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:15:51","slug":"will-any-bonnaroo-performer-defy-tennessees-ban-on-drag-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-any-bonnaroo-performer-defy-tennessees-ban-on-drag-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"#Will any Bonnaroo performer defy Tennessee\u2019s ban on drag performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf6e8b1a24\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-any-bonnaroo-performer-defy-tennessees-ban-on-drag-performance\/#%E2%80%9CWill_any_Bonnaroo_performer_defy_Tennessees_ban_on_drag_performance%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Will any Bonnaroo performer defy Tennessee\u2019s ban on drag performance?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-any-bonnaroo-performer-defy-tennessees-ban-on-drag-performance\/#The_states_recent_prohibition_deserves_defiance_from_those_who_can_afford_to_do_so\" >The state\u2019s recent prohibition deserves defiance from those who can afford to do so.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWill_any_Bonnaroo_performer_defy_Tennessees_ban_on_drag_performance%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Will any Bonnaroo performer defy Tennessee\u2019s ban on drag performance?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_states_recent_prohibition_deserves_defiance_from_those_who_can_afford_to_do_so\"><\/span>The state\u2019s recent prohibition deserves defiance from those who can afford to do so.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243557\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-477197590_nhbtzn\/bonnaroo-festival-2015-photo-by-jason-merritt-getty-images.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Will any Bonnaroo performer defy Tennessee\u2019s ban on drag performance?\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Bonnaroo Festival, 2015. Photo by Jason Merritt\/Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243552\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about Sinead O\u2019Connor. I\u2019ve been listening to her music, how her voice jumps between a mythic wail and a shattered whisper on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0c4v7fp5GC8\">Troy<\/a>.\u201d It feels almost vulgar that her career is often reduced to her 1992 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on Saturday Night Live, where her protest against the enablement of child abuse by the Catholic Church \u2014 tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II as she finished an a capella cover of Bob Marley\u2019s \u201cWar\u201d with a cry of \u201cchild abuse!\u201d \u2014 was seen and heard around the world. No one wanted to watch or listen. O\u2019Connor was cast as the dangerous one, a radical shrew who deserved \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kPykO9jdLk0\">such a smack<\/a>,\u201d according to Joe Pesci, <i>Saturday Night Live<\/i>\u2019s host the week after. She was eventually vindicated \u2014 child abuse scandals involving the church <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-europe-21414368\">began to unfurl in the mid aughts<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/indigenous\/pope-francis-residential-schools-genocide-1.6537203#:~:text=In%20his%20multiple%20speeches%20over,%2C%20a%20so%2Dcalled%20race.\">haven\u2019t yet stopped<\/a>. Most people who know her story knows that she was right, but so what? Even if few people believed the truth, it wouldn\u2019t have lessened what she did, an act that represents the best of humanity. Self-immolation in pursuit of justice. She met the moment before most knew what the moment was.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243478\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X0VpfiMcPPA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X0VpfiMcPPA<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('243478');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243553\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Now there are never-ending cascades of moments that test our values. Sometimes, they are filmed on cellphone cameras at traffic stops and spread on the internet. Other times, they take place in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-politics-and-policy\/arkansas-lawmaker-hearing-asks-transgender-woman-penis-rcna70787\">historic buildings<\/a> overseen by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country\">politicians bloated on cable news <\/a> and their own secrets, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/03\/02\/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-signs-anti-trans-bill-drag-restrictions-into-law\/69937336007\/\">certifying laws<\/a> few will read or fully understand until their effects begin to take place. Tennessee last week approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of new state-level laws: starting April 1, drag performances will be banned in public spaces and anywhere that minors could potentially view them. A separate set of laws prohibits gender-affirming care for trans youth. More states are proceeding with similar legislation. For the trans community, these new laws will lead to the suicides of kids and adults who are targeted. If you were feeling charitable, you could say that this doesn\u2019t matter to the lawmakers who sent these bills to the governor\u2019s desk. The likely reality is that more death is the intended result.<\/p>\n<p>            It\u2019s important to emphasize that these ideas are both <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/press-center\/press-releases\/ama-states-stop-interfering-health-care-transgender-children\">unscientific<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USA_Polling\/status\/1630784293814382593\">not popular<\/a>. They are torture racks devised to titillate the cult of conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>. Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/popula.com\/2023\/01\/29\/the-worst-thing-we-read-this-week-why-is-the-new-york-times-so-obsessed-with-trans-kids\/\">those who entertain these same ideas under the cloak of objectivity do nothing to reflect on what they\u2019ve helped bring forth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>            Any artist considering taking a stand will not be taking the same kind of risk that Sinead O\u2019Connor did. History is on their side, and so is the court of public opinion. When she tore up the picture of the Pope, the same one her mother had owned since Sinead was a child, O\u2019Connor introduced the issue to everyone who wasn\u2019t suffering under or contributing to the church\u2019s abuse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            On June 15, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will return to Tennessee. Live Nation taking the lead with some form of boycott seems unlikely. In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpVWRs5tKNn\/?hl=en\">a statement released on Friday<\/a>, the festival said it would \u201cbe a safe haven for people of all walks of life and a champion of self-expression,\u201d insisting that \u201cBonnaroovians will see no changes in programming or celebration of self-expression at the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            But \u201cchanges in programming\u201d are precisely what\u2019s needed. On March 20, before the drag ban takes place, the Bridgestone Arena in Tennessee will host Love Rising, a benefit concert for the state&#8217;s LGBTQIA+ organizations. Events like these as well as concerted, regular infractions of the new laws from public figures will form a powerful nexus of protest. <\/p>\n<p>            There are a number of artists on Bonnaroo&#8217;s lineup that have the wealth, public profile, and privilege to eat the misdemeanor charge that comes with a first-time offense of Tennesee\u2019s new anti-drag laws (there are no age restrictions to entry at Bonnaroo, meaning that any drag performance at the festival could be a potential infringement on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wapp.capitol.tn.gov\/apps\/BillInfo\/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0003&amp;GA=113\">the new laws<\/a>.) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HTAQxUXq674\">Blacked-out screens masking as solidarity<\/a> is the norm: will anyone step beyond that? Cynicism is easy, but it\u2019s not an option. I\u2019m reminded of that every time I watch the video of Sinead taking the stage decades ago, her face bathed in candlelight as warm as her serene expression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-243477\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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