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Selena Gomez to go ahead with NC gig, will donate proceeds to LGBT group

Songstress Selena Gomez will take her Revival Tour to North Carolina this weekend and she will be going ahead with the concert, despite the fact that the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (HB2) law (known as the 'bathroom bill') is seen as being anti-LGBT.

She is due to perform live on June 7 at Charlotte, North Carolina's Time Warner Cable Arena and confirmed in a statement given to Billboard that she will donate a portion of the event's earnings to an LGBT organisation within North Carolina:

"I am very fortunate to have grown up in a home where I learned from an early age that everyone should be treated equally."

"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."

Maroon 5, Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato, and Bruce Springsteen have all recently axed concerts in the state as a result of the bill being passed. 

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