Celebrities are joining together to fight Tennessee’s chilling anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Performers have come together to host a benefit concert opposing Tennessee’s oppressive anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

Stars including Maren Morris, the Brothers Osborne, Allison Russell, Hozier, Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow, and Hayley Williams are scheduled to perform at “Love Rising” on March 20 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. The poster also states that unnamed special guests will make appearances.

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A free-speech says that, due to vague wording, the law doesn’t even actually ban drag shows.

This year, Tennessee became the first U.S. state to pass a law restricting drag performances. It also recently passed a particularly chilling ban on gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth that even requires youth currently receiving gender-affirming care to detransition

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Proceeds from the concert will go to the Tennessee Equality Project, Inclusion Tennessee, Out Memphis, and the Tennesee Pride Chamber in Partnership with the Looking Out Foundation.

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“Art & community are, and have always been, oppression’s medicine,” Maren Morris wrote on Instagram, alongside a post advertising the concert. “Let’s show these politicians that they do not speak for all of Tennessee. Love will prevail.”

Last year, Morris raised over $100,000 for transgender support organizations after Tucker Carlson mocked her on air for standing up for trans people against transphobic comments made by Brittany Kerr Aldean, a beauty lifestyle influencer married to Grammy-nominated country music artist Jason Aldean.

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