{"id":16493,"date":"2025-03-03T17:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:29:23","slug":"kennedy-center-cancels-pride-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2025\/03\/03\/kennedy-center-cancels-pride-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center Cancels Pride Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International Pride Orchestra 2024 Photo by Jonathan Pellow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Trump administration cancelled performances at the Kennedy Center by the Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Washington and the International Pride Orchestra. These cancellations follow Trump\u2019s self-appointment as head of the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s up:<\/strong> Last week, the International Pride Orchestra announced that their invitation to perform at the Kennedy Center had been rescinded<\/a>. The San Francisco-based orchestra is made up of queer and ally musicians from across the United States. Their rescinded invitation follows news that the Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Washington\u2019s show A Peacock Among Pigeons, based on an LGBTQ+ children\u2019s book, has also been cancelled by the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n

Echoes of the past:<\/strong> The Trump administration\u2019s decisions to censor or ban certain minority groups from performing music at the Kennedy Center echoes other right-wing government\u2019s censorship of the arts around the world. A few years ago, the Hungarian government cancelled a performance of Billy Elliot after a newspaper columnist labelled it \u201cgay propaganda.<\/a>\u201d In Poland, the Law and Justice (PiS) party previously cancelled LGBTQ+ shows for not adhering to conservative Catholic values.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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