jenniferholliday.jpg In a column for the 'Daily Beast' website, entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon called Jennifer Holliday a gay icon for her work on Broadway and said that her performing for Trump would be a "betrayal" to her LGBT fans. Holliday was not scheduled to perform at Friday's inauguration itself but at an event at the Lincoln Memorial the night before called the "Make America Great Again! In a column for the Daily Beast website, entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon called Holliday a gay icon for her work on Broadway and said that Trump had surrounded himself with politicians who vocally oppose LGBT rights. In her letter, Holliday wrote that she had originally agreed to perform for Trump as a "bi-partisan songbird" who had sung for four presidents, both Republican and Democrat, dating back to Ronald Reagan. In addition to her career on Broadway, Holliday has found success on the pop charts and as a Gospel singer.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2017 23:20 UTC