Call to Action: Stop Anti-LGBTQI+ Comic Dave Chappelle from Performing at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
The tasteless, anti-LGBTQI+ comic is scheduled to perform three shows at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, July 26-29. Perhaps the LBC staff and board are unaware of Chappelle’s numerous anti-Trans comments that are well-documented and of which he has offered no apologies. Chappelle identifies as a so-called “TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist)” joining author KJ. K Rawlings in such dangerous hate speech. Netflix has come under fire for producing and airing two recent Chappelle shows that feature anti-Trans comments. Recently, a Minneapolis show switched locations as a direct result of a protest organized after Chappelle refered to Monkeypox as “a gay disease.” Should the North Bay’s LGBTQI+ Community allow hate speech and inflammatory comments to be staged in our backyard? Make no mistake – this is not an attack on free speech. This is about making LBC aware that Trans people are harmed and even killed as a result of such despicable comments. We value this venue, but should not allow them to present a show that so many members of this community finds offensive, inflammatory and even dangerous.
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS POSSIBLE.
Let the Staff and Board of Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, its sponsors, those who share the Center’s campus, and elected officials know that such hate results in harm to members of the LGBTQI+ Community. Email and call, as many as possible and as often as possible.
Let’s stop these shows and send a message to every venue in the North Bay that anti-LGBTQI+ hate speech will not be tolerated!
Luther Burbank Staff
President: Richard Nowlin: 707-800-7524 rnowlin@lutherburbankcenter.org
Dir. of Special Projects: 707-800-7525Robin Seltzer rseltzer@lutherburbankcenter.org
Culture Specialist: 707-800-7542 Arlene Smith asmith@lutherburbankcenter.org
Community Engagement: 707-800-7520 Ashleigh Worley aworley@lutherburbankcenter.org
Education Operations: 707-800-7504 Chrystie Prokopakis cprokopakis@lutherburbankcenter.org
Community Supe: 707-800-7529 Tracy Sawyer tsawyer@lutherburbankcenter.org
Marketing: 707-800-7500 Anita Wiglesworth awiglesworth@lutherburbankcenter.org
Advertising: 707-800-7513 John Cain jcain@lutherburbankcenter.org
Development: 707-800-75-5 Ben Taylor btaylor@lutherburbankcenter.org
Giving Manager: 707-800-7531 slevy@lutherburbankcenter.org
LBC Board
Chair Susan Preston (SPG Insurance Solutions) 415-475-4300
Kathleen Hamilton: Tekberry Inc. 844-835-2377
Rena Charles (ARENA Galleries) 707.603.8787 info@aerenagalleries.com
Robi McMinn 707-433-2000
Monica Lopez (Bachas Landing Cellars) 707-395-0697
LBC Sponsors
Lytton Rancheria: 510-215-7888
Rodney Strong Wines: 707-431-1533
Exchange Bank: 707-524-3000
Vantreo Insurance: 707-546-2915
Redwood Credit Union: 877-545-4100
Morris Distributing: 707-769-7294
Spaulding McCullough & Tansil: 707-524-1900; info@smtlaw.com