(News Punch) Madonna has added a Nashville date to her forthcoming “Celebration Tour” in protest against the introduction of anti LGBT+ bills in Tennessee.
On Monday, Madonna labeled the “so-called laws to protect” children as “unfounded and pathetic.”
This is the same Madonna who was recently accused of trafficking and sexually exploiting children in Malawi.
Earlier this month, Tennessee’s Republican governor Bill Lee signed into law bills banning all transgender treatment for children and public drag shows.
The move means there is a total ban on all gender-affirming health care for kids in the state including sex change operations, cross-sex hormone therapy, and puberty blockers.
Lee also signed off on a new law bannng ‘adult-orientated’ entertainment, like drag shows, from public property and in the presence of children. From April 1, such events can only take place in age-restricted venues.
Breitbart reports: On Monday, Madonna announced eight additional stops on “The Celebration Tour”. She said that she was “especially happy” to be making a stop in Nashville on 22 December to “celebrate the Drag and the Trans community”.
“The oppression of the LGBTQ+ is not only unacceptable and inhumane, it’s creating an unsafe environment; it makes America a dangerous place for our most vulnerable citizens, especially trans women of color,” Madonna said in a statement, which was reported by Variety.
