US EditionKennedy Center employee strips nude in protest video and asks, 'Should I quit?'
- An employee at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center protested by stripping nude in a YouTube video, questioning if he should quit his job over President Donald Trump's leadership changes at the center.
- Forsyth criticized Trump's takeover for banning drag performers and canceling LGBTQ+ performances, labeling him a 'villainous liar.'
- He expressed concern about remaining complicit with a government that targets marginalized groups, asking, 'Does staying make me a collaborator?'
- Forsyth called for action against Trump's policies, stating, 'Every bone in my body says run,' reflecting his distress over the current environment at the Kennedy Center.
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Kennedy Center Fires Employee Over Nude Protest Video - American Faith
Tavis Forsyth, a contract employee at the Kennedy Center, was fired on Thursday after posting a nude protest video on YouTube opposing changes at the center under President Donald Trump’s leadership. Forsyth, 32, who identifies as queer and uses “they/them” pronouns, created a 35-minute spoken-word poem in which they criticized the alleged banning of drag performers at the venue. In the explicit video, Forsyth sat on a bed fully clothed before s…
Kennedy Center contractor fired after naked protest of Trump takeover
A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. “I may be out of a job, but I’m not out of hope,” Tavish Forsythe said. Forsythe is artistic director of Bird City Improv, which teaches improvisation for social change. Until Thursday, he was also a program director — a contract employee at the Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera Institute, a summer program for aspiring high s…
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