A Miley Cyrus -founded nonprofit reminded first grade students in Wisconsin to keep being themselves after their school district barred them from singing the Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet Rainbowland at a spring concert.
Happy Hippie Foundation , which aims to support young people who are homeless along with LGBTQ+ youth, shared the comments after administrators at the School District of Waukesha determined that the LGBTQ-inclusive song could be deemed controversial for the concert under a district policy .
The song, which was reportedly liked by students , was later replaced by the Jim Henson/Kermit the Frog song Rainbow Connection, the district stated.
Happy Hippie declared in a tweet Wednesday that the artists meant the songs lyrics before celebrating the students at Heyer Elementary School.
To the inspiring first grade students at Heyer Elementary, keep being YOU. We believe in our Happy Hippie heart that youll be the ones to brush the judgment and fear aside and make all of us more understanding and accepting , the nonprofit wrote in one tweet .
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The nonprofit added that it was making a donation to Pride and Less Prejudice, a group that gives free LGBTQ age-appropriate books to classrooms.
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