At the recent Kennedy Center Honors, President Trump mocked his audience as miserable, horrible people, boasted about hosting the Trump Kennedy Center, and mused, “I miss Johnny.” His administration had already scrapped the iconic 1978 rainbow sash, promoting a Tiffany-designed medal as “a MASSIVE upgrade.” Yet the new award quietly kept rainbow stripes, an odd choice for an administration that bulldozed queer rights. With plummeting ticket sales and scandals swirling around Trump-appointed director Ric Grenell, the rainbow has still managed to survive.
