via @avtorres4 / TwitterArts+Culture / NewsActivists hold gay dance party outside Ivanka Trump’s house‘Silence is complicity. And so, we dance’ShareLink copied ✔️April 3, 2017Arts+CultureNewsTextDominique Sisley A queer dance party attended by hundreds of climate change activists was held outside Ivanka Trump’s house in Washington this weekend. The protest – which took place on Saturday evening – was a response to Trump’s worrying climate change rollbacks. According to an official event page, the party hoped to send a “clear message that our climate and our communities matter.” “The entire Trump Administration has shown a blatant disregard for our planet and it’s inhabitants, like paving the way for the Dakota Access Pipeline displacing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe,” the organisers warned. Thanks to an executive order passed by Trump last Tuesday, environmental regulations are set to be reversed, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now facing heavy funding cuts. “The reality is that the people most affected by the administration’s bad climate decisions are our most vulnerable friends: our poor, working class, native, trans and POC siblings,” they added. “We must put our bodies on the line for our earth and for all who depend on its resources.” .@IvankaTrump: silence is complicity. And so, we dance. #Werk4MotherEarth#PeoplesClimate#QueerResistancepic.twitter.com/2EjJ6QroOp— Courtney Fuller (@courtneygfuller) April 2, 2017 The party – held by ‘WERK for Peace’ – took place outside Ivanka Trump’s house, with the group mockingly referring to her as “supposed climate czar” and “BFF of the gays” (despite her supposedly liberal leanings, the first daughter rarely comments on her father’s extreme right-wing policies). “Silence is complicity,” one attendee tweeted. “And so, we dance.” Ivanka’s house, conveniently, is also a few doors down from secretary of state Rex Tillerson – also known as the former CEO of oil and gas corporation Exxon. The organisers also called out Scott Pruitt, “the climate denying head of the EPA” and Rick Perry, the “head of the Dept of Energy, an oil hawk who’s a flaming homophobe.” Unfortunately, according to her Instagram, Ivanka was at a birthday party and didn’t appear to be home that evening. However, whether Tillerson – or Pruitt or Perry – joined the (biodegradable) glitter fun is yet to be confirmed. WERK for Peace previously held a similar protest outside Mike Pence’s house, protesting the vice president’s notoriously anti-LGBT views during a January street party. “Not only is it an act of protest, it's also an act of fun,” spokesperson Firas Nasr told Dazed at the time. “That, I think, is a beautiful thing.” Watch footage of their latest party below: Massive Queer Dance Party for Climate Justice brings The Resistance to @IvankaTrump doorstep in DC #WERK4MotherEarth#Resistpic.twitter.com/d74ch58rEB— Anthony Torres (@avtorres4) April 1, 2017 Read more about the problems with Ivanka Trump’s “silent complicity” here, or check out Scarlett Johannson’s viral Ivanka impersonation here. Read our interview with WERK for Peace here. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREWhy did Satan start to possess girls on screen in the 70s?Learn the art of photo storytelling and zine making at Dazed+LabsThe rise of EsDeeKid in 5 tracks8 essential skate videos from the 90s and beyond with Glue SkateboardsThe unashamedly queer, feminist, and intersectional play you need to see GANNIGANNI is yearning for a dreamy summer – and so are we Paris artists are pissed off with this ‘gift’ from Jeff KoonsA Seat at the TableVinca Petersen: Future FantasySnarkitecture’s guide on how to collide art and architectureBanksy has unveiled a new anti-weapon artworkVincent Gallo: mad, bad, and dangerous to knowEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy