Selena Gomez will donate proceeds from her upcoming North Carolina concert to charity, and says she hopes "there will be a day soon when laws like HB2 won't be a consideration."
"I am very fortunate to have grown up in a home where I learned from an early age that everyone should be treated equally," Gomez says in a statement, ahead of her June 7 concert at Charlotte, North Carolina's Time Warner Cable Arena. "I went back and forth on whether I should cancel my concert in North Carolina and ultimately I think what is right for me is to move forward with my show and donate a portion of the proceeds to Equality North Carolina and their effort to defeat this act of discrimination. I’ve been reassured the venue I will be performing in has gender neutral bathrooms as I want everyone coming to my show to be welcomed. I feel like my generation is the most progressive one yet and believe there will be a day soon when laws like HB2 won’t even be a consideration."
She's amazing. This is a much better option than out right cancelling your shows and taking it out on fans who just wanted to see you perform and shouldn't be judged due to the rulings of their state when they're probably as much against it as the artists.
This way she's actually helping