P!NK is on a mission to embarrass Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis in his home state.
The pop icon and steadfast LGBTQ+ ally gave away banned books at her concert in Miami on Tuesday, and plans to do the same Wednesday when she heads to Sunrise, Florida. In total, the “TRUSTFALL” singer intends to hand out 2,000 banned titles.
“Books have held a special joy for me from the time I was a child, and that’s why I am unwilling to stand by and watch while books are banned by schools,” she said in a press release.
“It’s especially hateful to see authorities take aim at books about race and racism and against LGBTQ authors and those of color. We have made so many strides toward equality in this country and no one should want to see this progress reversed.”
P!NK is partnering with the free speech group PEN America for the ambitious project.
we love you for who you are, you are a warrior, always fighting for what you believe, we're fans are really proud of you, you have the guts most of us don't have
— pieitchi (@pieitchi) November 15, 2023
Unsurprisingly, the pop star is promoting her project with some feisty messages on social media.
DeSantis is one of several red state governors who’s enacted laws making it easier for parents to challenge books in school libraries. A recent study from PEN America found school districts in the Sunshine State banned 1,406 books over the last year — the most in the nation.
Many of the titles in question feature gay characters and address LGBTQ+ issues.
While DeSantis launched his now-futile presidential campaign on the back of his anti-LGBTQ+ policies, he’s attempted to walk back his record. “Well, first of all, there’s not a single book that’s banned in the state of Florida,” he lied in a Fox News interview. “That is a media hoax.”
Despite DeSantis’ declarations, the anti-gay governor is playing a pedantic game of semantics. While the books in question aren’t banned from the state, they aren’t allowed in school libraries.
P!NK has highlighted that point on social media over the last few days.
P!NK has a celebrated history of allyship that spans decades. Back in 2006, she released the song “Mr. President,” which serves as a searing criticism of George W. Bush’s presidency.
In addition to featuring the Indigo Girls, both of whom are lesbian, the song includes one lyric that especially resonates with the LGBTQ+ community: “And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?”
Four years later, the three-time Grammy winner was awarded the Human Rights Campaign’s Ally for Equality Award. She’s also referred to herself as an “honorary lesbian.”
“My gay girls are my rootstalk. They’re my honesty in an ocean of bullsh*t,” she said in a 2012 interview.
Around that time, P!NK released the music video for her No. 1 single “Raise Your Glass,” which celebrates same-sex marriage. She’s said the idea spurned from hosting her friend’s wedding in her own backyard.
“She is lesbian and she married her wife, and it was absolutely beautiful. At the end of it, her mom said, ‘Why can’t this be legal?’ and started crying,” she said on MTV. “It was just the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever seen, so that’s why I’m doing it in my video.”
With over 60 million album sales worldwide, P!NK is one of the most prolific and popular pop stars of our time.
And she’s always supported the rainbow, no matter the pushback.
That’s Mother indeed!
i wish all celebrities were as progressive as p!nk, she is mother
— poppy 🦋 (@imnotpopbase) November 14, 2023
iconic
— Taylana Updates (@taylanainfo) November 14, 2023
dbmcvey
Love her! She’s a true friend!
abfab
She really is. Did ”the children” attend or did governor mummy monster say no, she’s a drag queen.
ZzBomb
The “pornography in children’s books” people are insane. But these same people are ok w/ a father making his son aware, via social media app, when said father is indulging in porn.
Conservatives are sick pups.
abfab
When the conservative/straight right wing fathers are not otherwise preoccupied by pre-teen beauty queen USA pagents, polaroid cameras in tow.
okiloki
She’s amazing. Both courageous and positive in addition to being a talented singer/artist. Love this form of trolling since she’s giving away books and spreading awareness.
abfab
She’s remarkable and others should follow suit. Reading is fundamental!!!!
GayEGO
Oh my! DeSantis must be fuming! She is doing a great job!
abfab
He always seems to be fuming. Now he’s EXPLODING!
barryaksarben
if you see pornography in any of these books you need to have all your holes filled because you are too feaking obsessed with sex to be getting ANY GOOD STUFF. remember if you dont climax. the stress builds and builds
abfab
They see pornography in EVERYTHING!
decrans
Pink really thinks she’s eating with these ‘banned book’ tweets, but all it shows is that she really wants cartoon pornography distributed to other people’s children including graphic cartoon images of oral sex.
It’s fine if she wants her own kids to be shown sex acts at a young age, but why should schools be able to distribute to other people’s children when they have explicitly expressed that they don’t want it in these individualized districts?
What is the lefty obsession with wanting to sexualize and pornify everything relating to children? It’s why the minor attracted persons banner is being taken seriously by left-wing academia as a political force.
KyleMichelSullivan
Please tell us which books she’s distributing show sex acts or have graphic cartoon images of oral sex.
BTW, it’s Right Wing trolls getting busted with kiddie porn, grooming kids for sex, and child rape, not lefites. I know reality bothers you, but it’s worth paying attention to.
dbmcvey
Look what troll just came out from under the bridge.
decrans
It was a left-wing editor of The Recount getting busted for child porn today. You picked a terrible day to make that comment.
decrans
And then, we have the first transgender New Hampshire state rep busted for child porn charges just last month. So no, it’s not just conservative Christians. That makes a cute meme, though!
decrans
Lastly, I love how Community Notes obliterated Pink’s argument. Most of the books weren’t banned. One of the books banned in Florida that Pink backed on X, but hasn’t divulged with PENAmerica? ‘Genderqueer,’ which graphically shows young kids how to blow a dong. And parents in those individual school districts have every right to make those recommendations to the school board. That is how democracy works. Liberal virtue-signaling from 2000 miles away? That’s not how democracy works in America. Debate it in your own school boards, thank you.
DarkZephyr
@decrans,
If the books aren’t actually banned books, how is she passing out cartoon porn to other people’s children?
What did you do, post here and then keep searching the internet for more things to say, and every time you figured you found something, you came back here and posted it?
decrans
Nope. Pink still has the Pen America banner up with Genderqueer. So Dark Zep, you recommend 8-year-olds seeing a childlike figure kneeling to perform a cartoon blowjob? If so, can we look at your hard drive, buddy? Secondly, the Burbank School District banned ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ That’s Democrat-run. Is that a problem for you, bud? Hypocrisy is a beautiful thing.
Kangol2
You’re projecting again, Detrans!
decrans
How so? You’re just being lazy, Kangol. Once again, you can’t refute the facts. And so, you stick to elementary school putdowns. Stop being intellectually lazy.