""Authoritarian governments go after the arts first. Because the arts have the power to reach inside of people and change the molecular structure from the inside out.""
""As a Black gay out artist, I caught the wave of what we now know as performative wokeness.""
Billy Porter participated in a protest at the Kennedy Center, highlighting concerns over President Trump's cultural agenda and its impact on artistic independence. The protest featured notable figures and coincided with a larger national mobilization, with over eight million participants in No Kings demonstrations across the U.S. Critics argue that Trump's policies threaten free expression in the arts. Porter emphasized the importance of arts in combating authoritarianism and acknowledged the early effects of the administration's agenda on Hollywood and Broadway.
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