Mariah Carey pink Pride jacket up for auction
Getty ImagesA jacket worn by singer Mariah Carey at Brighton Pride is set to be auctioned.
The bright pink jacket, which has the phrase Protect the Dolls in rhinestones on the back, is being sold to raise money for GLAAD, an LGBTQ+ media advocacy organisation.
GLAAD called the sale a "once in a lifetime opportunity for fans ... to own a piece of pop culture history".
Carey, who has sold hundreds of millions of albums, wore the jacket on stage at the Pride on the Park musical festival on 2 August in Preston Park in support of the transgender community, according to GLAAD.
Originating in the 1980s ballroom scene, "Protect the Dolls" is a phrase calling for the safety, visibility and respect of transgender women against anti-trans rhetoric and violence.
GLAADCarey, a five-time Grammy winner, said after the performance that the Brighton crowd was "amazing".
"I loved it," she told BBC Radio 2.
While headlining Brighton Pride in 2025 - fulfilling a promise she had made to fans in 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic - Carey sang Hero and Fantasy.
She donned four outfits as she sang to approximately 50,000 people.
The American began her career in the late 1980s, bagging three UK number one singles and two UK number one albums.
One of her best-known songs is All I Want For Christmas Is You.
The auction of the jacket, on eBay, will start on 8 December and run for a week.
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