12 Celebrities who wore their outfits on a red carpet to protest and raise their voices

Few events are more televised and with more media attention than the red carpets. For this reason, many celebrities have chosen to make good use of their platform and talk about current problems, and there are few more effective means on a red carpet than a good outfit, so on different occasions dresses and suits have been used as canvases. to protest injustices or social problems or simply to show solidarity with victims of terrible events.

We leave it to your consideration if the protests on the red carpet are really effective, but no one can deny that, at least, these demonstrations make us talk about the problem, even if it is for a short time.

1. Laverne Cox

At the 2019 Emmys, Laverne Cox used the red carpet to focus attention on a far more important event: A Supreme Court hearing to clarify that protections against employment discrimination for members of the LGBTQ + community fall under subsection VII. of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The actress’s portfolio, which shows the colors of the LGBT + flag, reads on the one hand: “October 8, Title VII, Supreme Court” and on the other, “#TRANSISBEAUTIFUL”.

2. Jennifer Nettles

The designer Christian Siriano’s suit that the singer wore at the 2019 Country Music Awards served as a canvas to protest the lack of coverage of female artists on music radios country. His cape is adorned with the caption “Listen to our f * cking albums, please and thank you.”

3. Lizzo

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards were held a few months before the US presidential election, and rapper Lizzo used her outfit to encourage people to vote. Also, in his speech that night he spoke of voter suppression.

4. Lady Gaga

This is possibly the most iconic dress of the past decade and was worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 VMAs to protest the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy of the United States Armed Forces. United, which prevents non-heterosexual members of them from expressing their sexuality freely and honestly.

5. Jenifer Lewis

Actress Jenifer Lewis took advantage of the 2018 Emmy Awards red carpet to show her support for the American football player Colin Kaepernick, who found a way to protest against racial violence in the United States in the games in which he participated, through a simple but powerful gesture: get down on one knee during the national anthem. The actress appeared at the aforementioned awards in a Nike outfit, thus showing her approval of the brand that always supported Colin.

6. Aunjanue Ellis

On the red carpet at the 2016 NAACP Awards, the actress wore a dress with the legend “Take it down Mississippi (Lower it, Mississippi)” to protest against the flag of this state, which was the last to remove images of the Confederate flag, since just at the beginning of this year a new design was approved that does not show the aforementioned flag.

7. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The annual Met Gala was held a few weeks ago and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used the occasion to draw attention to an issue of extreme political importance in the United States: the tax system. Her dress bears the legend “TAX THE RICH (Tax the rich)” and was both applauded and criticized.

8. Elizabeth Taylor y Paul Newman

The actors wore a unique red bow pin at the 1992 Oscars ceremony. This red bow was adopted in 1991 as the universal symbol of knowledge and commitment in favor of preventive and solidarity work towards people with HIV and AIDS. Elizabeth stands out on this list because her use of the pin did not last one night, but she has used it in practically all her events since 1991, when it was adopted as an official symbol. Also, these pins are only a symbol, but she did take an activist role for the people who suffered from this disease.

9. Blac Chyna y Amber Rose

At the 2015 VMAs, Blac Chyna and Amber Rose wore dresses laden with the insults they often receive, all with the intention of degrading women for the choices they make regarding their sexuality.

We are making a painting with what everyone already says about us.

-Blac Chyna in an interview with Kelly Osbourne

10. Simon Helberg y Jocelyn Towne

In 2017, the actor from The Big Bang Theory and his wife used the SAG Awards red carpet to protest the immigration policies of then-President Donald Trump. Simon wore a sign that read “Refugees welcome,” while Jocelyn wrote “Let them in” on his chest.

11. Lena Waithe

The theme of the 2019 Met Gala was “Camp”, a type of exaggerated and extravagant aesthetic, and the actress and screenwriter took the opportunity to remind us who created this current of aesthetics. Her costume bore the phrase “Black drag queens invented camp”, which translates to “Colored drag queens invented the camp style”.

12. George and Amal Clooney

The actor and his wife showed their support for freedom of expression and solidarity with the victims of the attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo at the 2015 Golden Globes, which took place days after the attack. Its buttons bear the phrase “Je suis Charlie”, translated to “I am Charlie.”