Lil Nas X Movie Premiere Causes Bomb Threat By: Jennifer Kate

I'm back with another blog, which will be another wild story. This one is scary, which turned out to be nothing, thank god, but it's a wild story to tell. If you need to know who I am, I'm Jennifer Kate, a producer for Fruity Serial here on the Empty The Bench Podcast Network.

Before I get into my opinion of this entire situation, let me give a small backstory into this whole situation because it requires a backstory. The rapper Lil Nas X was premiering this new documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival. When Nas arrived to go down the red carpet at his premiere, the organizers were aware of a phoned-in bomb threat targeting the Grammy award winner. Nas was told to hang back for his safety. The bomb threat specifically targeted Lil Nas X for being a black queer artist. Ultimately, the Bomb Threat was unfounded, and the premiere went on without a hitch.

Let me get into my thoughts because I have a few thoughts on this subject. Sadly, it's 2023, and the LGBTQIA community is still fighting for the right to be ourselves, and that's sad and honestly a horrible way to live. If you ask me my opinion of this situation, I'm glad that it all went well and that nothing came of it, and I'm proud of Nas for being exactly who he is and being proud of who he is. But just because we love who we love isn't a reason to target us with aggression because we are people like you. We go to work, pay bills, have families, have pets, and the only difference we have is who we like, and that itself isn't even a problem. People are just stuck in the old days where being "bisexual" or "gay" was a "sin." It's time to get with the program and wake up to the new days.

But that does it for me here with this blog. Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed this blog. I will catch you guys in the next one.