Hayley Kiyoko Slams ‘Backwards’ Tennessee Anti-Drag Law, Says She Won’t Stop Speaking Out ‘Until We’re All Able To Be Our True Authentic Selves’
Morris, who has used her platform to call out the mistreatment of the LGBTQ+ community both inside and out of the music industry, shares her take on how the industry can help speak against such attacks. “I have heard the term ‘Shut up and sing’ more times than I can count — that’s always the cutesy little threat that they like to make. So I would say to my peers who are artists and to record-label heads, publishers, songwriters: I don’t think any of us got into this art form to be an activist, but that’s ultimately thrust upon you to exist in this space and to feel like you can sleep at night,” she tells drag star Landon Cider for.
“I know everyone likes money, but is it worth your biography saying that you never picked a side?,” she adds, “because both sides pay money to buy a T-shirt.” Billboard’s Pride Issue featuring Morris and drag luminaries Cider, Sasha Colby, Eureka O’Hara and Symone appears in the publication’s June 10, 2023 issue.