Grimes booked for World Pride in Washington DC: “MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN”

nme.com:

Grimes has been booked for dance music festival World Pride, responding with enthusiasm in a social media comment – despite public backlash to her inclusion in the line-up.The pop artist has been in the spotlight due to her past relationship with Elon Musk – the Tesla CEO leads DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), an initiative by the current administration led by President Donald Trump, who also signed executive orders curtailing policies aimed at protecting LGBTQIA+ citizens upon returning to power.On January 22, at Trump‘s Presidential inauguration, Musk slapped his chest with his right hand, and flung his arm up diagonally upwards, which was widely criticised as resembling a Nazi-like salute.A news report claimed that Grimes performed a DJ set at an inauguration party days before – this was debunked by her manager in a tweet, which read: “Hi, this is untrue.

Grimes did not dj this event. Can you please not share this because it’s misinformation.”However, per the Washington Blade, Grimes was still allegedly seen at the far-right party held at Butterworth’s, which The Washington Post recently featured as a “MAGA hangout bar”.Due to her relationship with Musk, along with her alleged ties to the far-right movement, fans have criticised her inclusion in the line-up of World Pride, an event catered to the LGBTQIA+ community – on its Instagram announcement post shared yesterday (February 19) where Grimes shared the comment “MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN” in support for the event.“But why Grimes?

Since when are white supremacist invited to pride events.?”, one commenter wrote. Another asked: “Will grimes be bringing elon musk out”.