Country Music Awards host and singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini joined drag queen performers during Sunday’s ceremony to take a stand against efforts to ban drag performances in the state of Tennessee.
Last month, Tennessee passed a bill, which has become known as the Tennessee drag ban, and Gov. Bill Lee signed the legislation into law. The new law bans the public"adult cabaret performance" of drag performances in front of children in the state.During Sunday’s CMT Awards ceremony at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, Ballerini performed her hit song If You Go Down, I’m Goin’ Down Too while several drag queens danced alongside her.
What can’t our host do? @KelseaBallerini absolutely SLAYED her #CMTAwards performance! 🌈✨ pic.twitter.com/t7f8vZEf6K"I love performance and I love self-expression and I love inclusivity,” Ballerini said of the drag queens joining her, according to a report. "We have a strong real job of being leaders. So with that leadership comes strength. So we have to be strong because people look up to us and we appreciate that," drag queen Kennedy Davenport said."And I take the job on wholeheartedly because that's what we're here to do. We're here to uplift we're here to stay free.
On Friday, a federal judge in Tennessee temporarily blocked the law that was set to take effect on Saturday. Judge Thomas Parker issued the temporary restraining order, citing the law as a"vague and overly-broad" restriction to the constitutional protections of freedom of speech.
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