Posted on Jun 17, 2022
Some lawmakers hope to crack down on drag shows watched by children
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If You Feel "Threatened" by a Drag Queen Reading a Childrens Story, You Really are a Wimp!
If You Feel "Threatened" by a Drag Queen Reading a Childrens Story, You Really are a Wimp!
Some lawmakers hope to crack down on drag shows watched by children
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I don't feel threatened... but it is wrong...a man dressed like a woman reading to children...years ago that wouldn't have even come up...it would have been censored out of movies...threatened no, pissed about it yes...it WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN!
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CW4 Guy Butler
It used to be a standard on comedy shows. Flip Wilson’s Geraldine, Harvey Norman’s Mother Marcus, Tim Conway’s Mrs. Wiggins… Drag queens are comic, exaggerated tropes.
Transvestites, on the other hand, are serious. They’re also not doing story hours.
Transvestites, on the other hand, are serious. They’re also not doing story hours.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
CW4 Guy Butler some of these are transvestites...also they aren't doing it as a comedy skit...this is serious to them.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested he could order his state's child protective services department to investigate parents who take their children to such performances.
"We have laws against child endangerment," DeSantis said during a news conference in Fort Meyers Beach last week, after a video of children attending a drag bar in Dallas surfaced. "They were putting money in the underwear, and that is totally inappropriate," he said. "That is not something that children should be exposed to."
Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini takes it even farther, proposing to terminate the parental rights of adults, and make it a felony if they bring their children to watch a drag show.
Bryan Slaton, a Republican state representative in Texas, said he would also propose a bill banning drag shows where minors are present. "Perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children," he complained in a statement.
In Arizona, Republicans say they're also alarmed. "If men want to dress as women, and if adults want to participate in watching these hyper-sexualized performances, they have the freedom to do so. It crosses the line when kids are subjected to these drag shows," they wrote in a joint statement, adding that they send a message of "complete and utter perversion" to children.
Arizona state Sen. Vince Leach told NPR he has heard more and more from parents complaining about drag shows witnessed by children, and he is now drafting legislation to do something about it.
"It's a drag on society," Leach said in a phone call this week. "These performers are, in my view, disgusting." He says he's disturbed by newspaper photos of kindergarteners "stuffing bills into panties" at drag performances. "These are kids looking at something they'll never be able to get out of their minds. We don't allow kids into strip joints, we don't allow them into X-rated movies ... so it's foreign to me why we allow this to go on."
Across the country, the heat is on for drag performers, especially during Pride Month."...
..."Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested he could order his state's child protective services department to investigate parents who take their children to such performances.
"We have laws against child endangerment," DeSantis said during a news conference in Fort Meyers Beach last week, after a video of children attending a drag bar in Dallas surfaced. "They were putting money in the underwear, and that is totally inappropriate," he said. "That is not something that children should be exposed to."
Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini takes it even farther, proposing to terminate the parental rights of adults, and make it a felony if they bring their children to watch a drag show.
Bryan Slaton, a Republican state representative in Texas, said he would also propose a bill banning drag shows where minors are present. "Perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children," he complained in a statement.
In Arizona, Republicans say they're also alarmed. "If men want to dress as women, and if adults want to participate in watching these hyper-sexualized performances, they have the freedom to do so. It crosses the line when kids are subjected to these drag shows," they wrote in a joint statement, adding that they send a message of "complete and utter perversion" to children.
Arizona state Sen. Vince Leach told NPR he has heard more and more from parents complaining about drag shows witnessed by children, and he is now drafting legislation to do something about it.
"It's a drag on society," Leach said in a phone call this week. "These performers are, in my view, disgusting." He says he's disturbed by newspaper photos of kindergarteners "stuffing bills into panties" at drag performances. "These are kids looking at something they'll never be able to get out of their minds. We don't allow kids into strip joints, we don't allow them into X-rated movies ... so it's foreign to me why we allow this to go on."
Across the country, the heat is on for drag performers, especially during Pride Month."...
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