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Michael Feinstein on Kennedy Center’s ‘Government-Sanctioned Censorship'

The singer and pianist said “any government-supported access to the arts is no longer safe” in his penned “Fear of Queer?” essay.

In an Instagram post earlier this week, the singer and pianist slammed the “recent Kennedy Center losses,” noting them as “government-sanctioned censorship.” There, Feinstein shared his penned “Fear of Queer?” essay, where he further discussed the cancellations. “These recent Kennedy Center losses may well be defined in the years ahead, as the 21st century government-sanctioned censorship and silencing of creativity, regardless of value, based strictly on sexual orientation,” he wrote. “As an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, a human rights advocate, the daughter of two iconic, amazing artists, a career of my own that without contributions from LGBTQ+ geniuses, would have rendered me a singer with few songs, a dancer with few collaborators, mostly naked ON STAGE, acting without scripts and I could go on!” Minnelli wrote.

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