Demi Lovato will never shy away from the chance to make a statement.

During her Billboard Music Awards performance of "Cool For the Summer,Gina Wild - Jetzt wird es schmutzig 5 (2000)" she wore a shirt (featuring a composite of the traditional men's and women' restroom symbols) that seems to send a rhinestoned message in favor of gender neutral restrooms. 

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Lovato and Nick Jonas recently cancelled their scheduled concerts in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina in protest of the state's House Bill 2. The bill, passed in March, requires transgender people to use the restrooms of their 'biological sex' in addition to several other means of stripping LGBT people of their rights.

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Mashable ImageLAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 22: Recording artist Demi Lovato performs onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Credit: Getty Images

Bigotry is not cool in any season, summer or otherwise. 


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Immediately after performing, she and Nick Jonas hopped offstage to support her ex, DNCE's Joe Jonas while her sang the hit single, "Cake By the Ocean."

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