This is pure evil.
Our values in a democracy are who we are.
Across the United States Republican politicians are seeking to bring in new laws that crack down on drag shows as part of a broader backlash against LGTBQ+ rights sweeping through rightwing parts of America.
Legislators in at least eight states have introduced legislation aiming to restrict or censor the shows, according to a new report from a leading freedom of speech group. A total of 14 bills have been introduced across Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.
Other bills are also being drafted in other states, including in Montana and Idaho.
The introduction of anti-drag legislation, says Pen America, coincides with an increase in political rhetoric about drag performances and drag queen story hours in public libraries, as well as a growing number of recent protests or interruptions of drag events.
It also coincides with a conservative backlash against trans rights and broader gay rights, such as in Florida, which has passed so-called “don’t say gay” legislation that curtails the discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in schools.
It has also been accompanied by protests and violence.
Last weekend, a drag queen story hour event at a public library in Taunton, Massachusetts, was disrupted by masked men. Others outside the library reportedly chanted “NSC-131” – the name of neo-Nazi group – and shouted anti-pedophile slogans until the event ended, according to police reports and a witness.
Only Nazis are against gay sex with kids.
They hate our freedom.
According to Pen, anti-drag legislation shares the common attribute of classifying drag shows as adult or sexualized in nature. “This part of a broader rise in political rhetoric about drag performances,” said Kate Ruane, director of US free expression programs at Pen America.
“We’ve seen a growing number of protests, and now we’re seeing a policy push to prevent this kind of expression,” Ruane added. “But what these bills say and what they do is very different from the public conversation surrounding them.”
Most of the proposed bills include defining a drag performer as someone performing while using dress, makeup and mannerisms associated with a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth.
“These attacks on drag shows and performers strike at the heart of our rights to gather, read and perform together”, Pen said in a statement. “Drag shows are an exercise of artistic and creative expression that should be free from government suppression.”
I have one question for these bigots: who is going to suck it?
Because it’s not going to suck itself.
That’s why we’re teaching small kids to suck it.
Someone has to suck this gay dick.
A drag queen performs sexual themed dances and spreads his legs in front of children as kids hand him tips at a “family friendly” drag show in Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/vnXoNlG6lD
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 17, 2023
This is from a school in Hebron, Ohio. Students were asked to give their preferred names and pronouns and which ones can be used for parents. A student can be identifying as trans or non-binary and they won’t tell the parents. pic.twitter.com/ArhSKr2bXP
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 17, 2023