Drag group slams Donald Trump for takeover of Kennedy Center board and vowing to end drag shows
Trump said that he was specifically motivated to overhaul the center so he could end the drag shows it occasionally hosts.
February 10, 2025
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performing arts
ART: Performing Gender
'Durational' perfomance pieces explore sexual and gender expression through art.
April 6, 2015
New Art Performance Revisits the Height of the AIDS Crisis
A new theatrical solo performance from John Kelly brings audiences into the 1980s New York art world.
April 24, 2019
Lily Tomlin Named First Lesbian to Win Huge Honor
Tomlin will be honored for her lifetime contribution to the performing arts.
September 9, 2014
Playbill Will Go Rainbow for Pride
The popular performing arts magazine will alter its iconic logo for the month of June.
April 18, 2014
Trump taps gay MAGA loyalist Ric Grenell as interim head of Kennedy Center
The longtime ally was given a title that doesn’t exist at the prestigious performance arts institution.
February 11, 2025
Murdered Trans Women Honored In Art Show
The Seattle exhibit uses textile and performance art to raise awareness around violence against trans people.
July 25, 2018
‘Drag Race’ Star Yvie Oddly Opens Up About Her Invisible Disability
Yvie Oddly doesn't care much about fame or mainstreaming drag. For this fierce performer, it's all about art.
October 9, 2019
This Trans Artist’s Nightmarish Journey to the West
Maggie is a transgender refugee from Lebanon whose performance art fuels her identity, as it fueled her nightmarish journey to the West.
September 8, 2016
Macklemore Gets Appreciative Letter From Michigan Student
The student's performing arts teacher was suspended for playing the pro-LGBT song, but the youth does not understand how anyone could object to its message.
December 3, 2012
Drag artists and allies rally against Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ Kennedy Center takeover (in photos)
"This president is demonizing a marginalized community in order to control the arts in America. It’s shameful, immoral, and weak," one performer told The Advocate before the march.
March 10, 2025
Macklemore on Teacher Suspended for Playing His Song in Class
The chart-topping artist came to the defense of a Michigan middle school teacher who was suspended for playing 'Same Love' in a performing arts class.
November 30, 2012
Shia LaBeouf's 'He Will Not Divide Us' Art Piece Relocated to New Mexico
The anti-Trump performance art piece has moved to Albuquerque after being prematurely shut down by The Museum of Moving Image in New York.
February 21, 2017
World's Biggest Gay Club Sets Opening Night in Vegas
The 80,000 square foot venue will house dance rooms, bars, lounges, a comedy club, a performing arts venue, a movie theater, and a retail store.
March 6, 2013
Queer Commencement
Author and performance artist Tim Miller spends a lot of his time touring universities teaching students about performance art. In this essay he imagines the graduation speech he might one day give at the fictitious Queer U.
June 11, 2008
Michigan Teacher Suspended for Playing Gay-Themed Song in Class
A performing arts teacher in South Lyon, Mich., was suspended for three days after she allowed a student to play hip-hop artist Macklemore's song about being gay, called "Same Love," in her class last week.
November 29, 2012
Kennedy Center plagued with dismal ticket sales as patrons stay away under Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ takeover
It’s worse than during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a deadly virus kept people away from public places.
October 31, 2025
Trump loves Betty Buckley, but the LGBTQ+ ally doesn't love him
He mused about the Broadway star at his first Kennedy Center board meeting.
March 19, 2025
Giselle Byrd is taking center stage — and helping others do the same
The activist and educator is creating space for other queer and trans people of color in the theater world.
April 10, 2024
Oh, to dream the impossible dream of being a ‘normal gay’ like Richard Grenell
Opinion: Ric, if you’re the normal one, the normal gay, then thank God I’m not trying to be you, writes John Casey.
June 17, 2025
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art abruptly postpones LGBTQ+ exhibit
The show, planned to coincide with this year's WorldPride, was postponed due to budget constraints, not Donald Trump's policies, a spokeswoman says.
May 7, 2025