Country musicians have generated significant social media attention in recent weeks for their comments—positive and negative—on transgender rights and drag performances following a slew of bills in Tennessee and other Southern states targeting the LGBTQ community, and Bud Light’s partnership with a trans TikTok star.
Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender TikTok star, has been the target of conservative outrage over the past week after she modeled women’s sportswear for Nike and partnered with Bud Light, prompting high-profile musicians, athletes and media commentators to slam the companies as “woke” and attack Mulvaney.
Bills targeting transgender people and drag performers have flooded state legislatures this year, most often targeting various gender-affirming care for minors and aiming to prevent drag artists from performing in public or where minors could be present, the latter often based on false claims that these events sexualize children.
Kid Rock went viral for a video he posted of himself shooting Bud Light cans and yelling profanities about the company and its owner Anheuser-Busch. His video has been liked more than 212,000 times and retweeted more than 44,000 times. Country star Travis Tritt announced he would no longer carry Anheuser-Busch products in his tour hospitality rider last week and blasted Jack Daniels for a years-old campaign that featured drag performers. Singer John Rich, one-half of country duo Big & Rich, asked his...
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