shared her reasoning for turning down the chance to perform at the White House’s 2024 Pride event. “In response to the White House who asked me to perform for Pride,” Roan, 26, said on Sunday, June 9, to the crowd of the Governors Ball music festival in New York City, which was sponsored by Aperol. “We want liberty, justice and freedom for all.
When you do that, that’s when I’ll come.” After the serious moment, Roan then performed her song “My Kink Is Karma” which she dedicated to the White House. Fans in the audience waved LGBTQIA+ pride flags, handkerchiefs or other pink merch made for Roan, and held up handmade signs or Aperol Spritzes they purchased in the nearby VIP Aperol Piazza.
The singer initially took the stage coming out of a “Big Apple” with a giant bite in it. She was dressed up as the Statue of Liberty with green body paint, a latex top, a slit chap skirt and a sparkly silver crown. Later in the show, she gave insight into the symbolism of her look.
“I am in drag as the biggest queen of all, but in case you have forgotten what’s etched on my pretty little toes. ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,’” she told the audience, quoting the poem written on the plaque of the iconic landmark. “That means freedom and trans rights.
That means freedom and women’s rights. And it especially means freedom for all people and the oppressed. It especially means freedom for all oppressed people in occupie.
