US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts cohosted a Pride event at the Kennedy Center as a “direct rebuke to the President’s takeover of the historic art institution,” which included the cancelation of scheduled Pride events at the Center, according to LGBTQ Nation.

Reports LGBTQ Nation:

The Senators – John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) – hosted the event called Love is Love on Monday night. Produced by Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller, it included several LGBTQ+ musical numbers as well as four monologues from queer actors/playwrights.

The show took place at the Kennedy Center’s Justice Forum to protest the president’s takeover of the institution, along with his subsequent dismantling of its LGBTQ+ and other diverse programming. 

While the senators reportedly reserved the space several weeks ago, they only announced it was a Pride event on Monday. Seller told the New York Times that Hickenlooper called it “guerrilla theater.”

“This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,” Seller said. “This is a form of saying, ‘We are here, we exist and you can’t ignore us.’ This is a protest, and a political act.”

Sen. Hickenlooper said the night was about the need to “continue to seek out the light” even in “our darkest hours.” 

“Tonight, we honor the role that the freedom of expression and the theatrical arts play in continuing to expand LGBTQ rights in America,” he said.

Read the complete LGBTQ Nation story here.

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