Elton John on North Carolina's bathroom law

May 22, 2016, 00:45
Elton John on North Carolina's bathroom law

North Carolina's Governor Pat McCrory has backed the law after the state's largest city, Charlotte, attempted to pass an ordinance protecting the rights of transgender people. "But as long as this thing is there, I have to take a stand", Perlman said.

Itzhak Perlman announced he won't perform Wednesday night with the North Carolina Symphony to protest the state's HB2 law.

Perlman, a Grammy Award victor, is the latest in a line of performers who have backed out of shows in North Carolina in a stand against the law. The lead character is a transgender man who moves from Afghanistan to North Carolina and encounters a diverse array of people. They invited all of them but only one legislator attended.

Perlman finally pulled out when he was told he would not be able to publish a note explaining his opposition to House Bill 2 in the concert programme.

Symphony spokeswoman Linda Charlton said as a state-sponsored, nonpartisan organization, symphony performances are not an appropriate forum for political commentary.

Failing to consider the experiences of transgender people is a "brand of ignorance (that) deliberately shuts out the perspective of an already marginalized community", John wrote.

The North Carolina Republican Party immediately responded with a comment calling the cancellation an example of "hypocrisy and selective outrage from the far-left that does nothing but hurt ordinary North Carolinians".

Sir Elton John is just the latest artist to object to North Carolina's controversial bathroom law. Another renowned musician has canceled a North Carolina performance in protest of the state's new law limiting anti-discrimination policies for LGBT people. "It goes beyond bathrooms". In recent weeks, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato canceled shows in North Carolina, while Cyndi Lauper turned her concert date into a rally against HB2.

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