Country icon Carrie Underwood was confirmed Monday to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, much to the chagrin of her LGBTQ+ fanbase.
OUT reports that according to Today, Underwood is set to perform “America the Beautiful” at the Washington, D.C., ceremony. The magazine says many queer fans, including some of her country music peers, are disappointed over Underwood’s decision — and some are even calling for a boycott.
The American Idol winner has long been an LGBTQ+ ally, even speaking out in support of gay marriage in 2012, three years before it was legal.
“As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry,” she said at the time, angering some of her conservative fanbase. “I can’t imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”
But the decision to perform at the inauguration of a president who is expected to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, particularly for trans youth, is seen by some as a betrayal.
PHOTO: Carrie Underwood was confirmed Monday to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration
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