Former opera prodigy (and America’s Got Talent winner, 2010) Jackie Evancho announced this week that she would be singing the national anthem at Donald Trump‘s presidential inauguration next month (after every other performer in the free world declined). What makes her decision a bit odd is the fact that she has a trans sibling. A trans sibling who is often attacked online by bigoted trolls.
“My family is kind of a big target. I have a transgender sister and so a lot of hate goes towards us,” Evancho tells People magazine
So….. she thinks aligning herself with Trump/Pence and their rabidly homophobic supporters is the way to go?
Via Boy Culture:
The family has reportedly sued over bathroom use in their home district. And yet … they think it’s a good idea to serenade a man who has explicitly promised to roll back LGBTQ rights and protections? A man who initially said he was against the North Carolina bathroom law before walking that stance back? A man rumored to be ready to offer virulently anti-LGBTQ ex-Gov. McCrory of North Carolina a consolation job?
It’s just so damn counterintuitive. I don’t understand people anymore.
Jackie will be performing a duet with opera superstar Andrea Bocelli, who Boy Culture reminds us, is a bit of a wackadoodle, himself.
Bocelli is staunchly Catholic, anti-choice and was an indefatigable Berlusconi supporter, so he’ll be right at home.
