Ariana Grande Slams Homophobic Protester Outside Concert: DETAILS

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While playing in Atlanta on Saturday, June 8 for her Sweetener World Tour, Ariana Grande was met with a vocal protester outside the arena.

The unnamed protester was filmed outside of the concert holding a banner with the word “Pride” crossed out. The singer is known to be very supportive of the LGBTQ+ community as her older brother, Frankie, has come out gay a while ago.

Grande took to Twitter after the footage went viral on Twitter, saying she was “saddened but not surprised one bit.” “I’m so sorry that any of my fans had to encounter this. We will do our best to ensure this doesn’t happen again,” she continued.

She went on to say she is, “Proud of u all for not fighting/engaging violently. Never worth it. Wishing him peace & a healded heart cause girl yikes.” Grande then added, “He is highly outnumbered, you are all so celebrated and loved and safe.”

Another video later posted to Twitter showed the protester forced to leave by fans as crowds chanted “goodbye” at him. The singer, who is scheduled to perform at Manchester Pride on August 25, promised the man was “doing the be alright choreo in his garage later that night.”

With June being “Pride Month,” many stars are showing their support. At the iHeart Radio Wango Tango in Southern California on June 1, Taylor Swift showed up in a rainbow ensemble, telling the crowd, “It’s wonderful to be spending this particular evening with you because today is the first day of Pride Month.” She continued, “A lot of my songs are about love, and I just feel like who you love, how you identify, you should be able to live your life the way you want to live your life with the same rights as everybody else.”

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When performing her new single, “ME!” she brought out Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie, who features on the track. He wore a shirt that read, “100% Love. 100% Equality. 100% Loud. 100% Proud. 100% Together. 100% Me.”

Swift also started a petition on the website Change.org to Support the Equality Act. “HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! While we have so much to celebrate, we also have a great distance to go before everyone in this country is truly treated equally. In excellent recent news, the House has passed the Equality Act, which would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in their places of work, homes, schools, and other public accommodations. The next step is that the bill will go before the Senate,” the petition reads.

“While there’s no information yet as to when the Equality Act will go before the Senate for a vote, we do know this: Politicians need votes to stay in office. Votes come from the people. Pressure from massive amounts of people is a major way to push politicians towards positive change. That’s why I’ve created this petition to urge the Senate to support the Equality Act,” the “Delicate” singer writes.

“Our country’s lack of protection for its own citizens ensures that LGBTQ people must live in fear that their lives could be turned upside down by an employer or landlord who is homophobic or transphobic. The fact that, legally, some people are completely at the mercy of the hatred and bigotry of others is disgusting and unacceptable.”

Swift concludes, “Let’s show our pride by demanding that, on a national level, our laws truly treat all of our citizens equally.”

Television networks like Freeform, ABC, and The CW are making Pride Month known with special logos or videos, showing their support to the LGBTQ+ community.

On June 26, 2015, President Obama made history when he signed a bill that would make marriage equality legal in all 50 states, with same-sex couples young and old finally getting that license that signifies their love for each other.

Many celebrities have come out as gay or bisexual or transexual or the like, only strengthening the support from friends and the LGBTQ+ community.

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