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Camila Cabello has decided to use her platform to fight against Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill, joining forced with Lambda Legal and Equality Florida to launch the ‘Protect Our Kids’ fund that helps protect LGBTQ youth.The singer headlined a benefit concert in West Hollywood, California, over the weekend, with the support of pop star Kim Petras, RuPaul’s Drag Race Miss Congeniality and All-Star Valentina and singer and activist Shea Diamond.“As someone who grew up and still lives in Florida, I am appalled that my home state is putting the health and lives of young Floridians at risk by passing this law and inviting discrimination into our schools,” Camila declared, urging to protect young students and families impacted by the bill, signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in March.She continued, “We must protect every student and respect every family,“ explaining that she is ”so grateful to all of our founding partners who are standing in solidarity with LGBTQ youth and families and raising money for the Protect All Kids Fund to help Lambda Legal and Equality Florida stop this hateful law.”Camila posted some photos of the event on her Instagram page and stated that “Some of the most special people” in her life are part of the LGBTQ community, “and it breaks my heart to see their identities try to be erased. We have to demand equal rights and respect for all.”She also took a moment to share her appreciation for co-chairs and The Ted Arison Family Foundation, “for kickstarting this fund with their generous donations.

The first-ever LA3C culture and creativity festival sponsored by Penske Media and set for Dec. 10-11 will include mainstage performances by Free Nationals, Gerardo Ortiz, Fonseca, Marc Segui, Shawn Wasabi, Monogem, Shea Diamond, and Chicocurlyhead, organizers announced today.

Camila Cabello will be taking to the stage for a cause that’s close to her heart.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCamila Cabello will host a benefit concert on Sunday, May 8, to announce the launch of her “Protect All Kids” Fund.This emergency fund, established in partnership with Equality Florida and Lambda Legal to protect students and families from Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law, will also provide resources to impacted students, teachers, and families. The launch event will be held at private venue in West Hollywood and will also include special performances by RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Valentina, transgender singer Shea Diamond and a local youth choir.“As someone who grew up and still lives in Florida, I am appalled that my home state is putting the health and lives of young Floridians at risk by passing this law and inviting discrimination into our schools.

Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine has spoken of his experiences with racism and encounters with the KKK.During a new Q&A with Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, the Bloody Beetroots and Shea Diamond, Morello said he believes that “racism in this country is as American as apple pie and baseball”.Morello also spoke of his experiences with encountering the Ku Klux Klan while growing up in Libertyville, Illinois, and being pulled over by the police while Rage Against The Machine were at the height of their fame.“In the height of Rage Against the Machine’s fame and fortune, I was pulled over and handcuffed on the side of IL-176, which runs through town, just coming home from the local bar because I was walking while black in Libertyville,”

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, music fans everywhere are looking for an escape from their reality. So, Billboard Pride is proud to present First Out, a weekly roundup of some of the best new weekly music releases from LGBTQ artists.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello has released new protest song ‘Stand Up’. With lyrics focussed on racism and police brutality, the track features Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, producer the Bloody Beetroots and singer Shea Diamond.“I grew up in the tiny lily white, archly conservative town of Libertyville, Illinois”, says Morello.

We're Here."It had to be for the show, so we needed to talk about We're Here and have it represent what the show stands for, but I still wanted to make sure it feels like a Shea Diamond song," Tranter recalls of the initial writing session. " Like, 'What can we say that no one else has the guts to say?'"The result was just that -- an anthem of love, joy and acceptance that wasn't afraid to fly in the face of those who would detract from queer people, transgender people, or people of color.

Billy Porter is tired of people acting shocked about violence against black people in America. "This is a country that was built on the backs of my ancestors who were stolen from their land to come over here and be forced into slavery," he says. "And the people who wrote the constitution that y'all are so keen on owned slaves while they were writing it. Why are any of you surprised?" 

When she first started performing in drag, Alaska Thunderfuck did it as a means of survival — after leaving her home state of Pennsylvania for Los Angeles, the star says she turned to drag in order to find purpose. "I was doing drag to feed my soul because I was directionless," she says. "Then I ended up, you know, meeting people and getting jobs, doing drag. And so I was like, 'Maybe this is something I can pursue.'"

Hayley Kiyoko knew that coming into the music industry as a queer woman wasn't going to be easy, but she did it anyway. "A lot of it was performing for men, and being attractive to men, and if you attract them, then they'll sign you," she says of starting out. "But I never compromised myself."