As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?
Source: AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) If I hadnt been a girl, Id have been a drag queen. Dolly Parton has uttered those words famously and often. But if she really were a drag queen, one of Tennessees most famous daughters would likely be out of a job under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday.
Lee signed off on the legislation without issuing a statement or in a public ceremony. The bill goes into effect July 1.
Across the country, conservative activists and politicians complain that drag contributes to the sexualization or grooming of children. Several states are considering restrictions, but none has acted as fast as Tennessee to ensure children are not exposed to drag. The efforts seek to extinguish popular drag story hours at which queens read to kids. Organizers of LGBTQ Pride events say they put a chill on their parades. And advocates note that the bills, pushed largely by Republicans, burden businesses in an un-Republican fashion.
The protestations have arisen fairly suddenly around a form of entertainment that has long had a place on the mainstream American stage. Milton Berle, Mr. Television himself, was appearing in drag on the public airwaves as early as the 1950s on Texaco Star Theater. RuPauls Drag Race is a bona fide cultural phenomenon. Highly popular drag brunches bring revenue to restaurants. That such spectacles are now being portrayed as a danger to children boggles the minds of people who study, perform and appreciate drag.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/drag-queens-tennessee-bill-legislation-3ed2ddd0e8231819ade5d0c8b9f4c30a
As someone else had posted on DU, they ignore this -
I supposed their BFF Ghouliani will no longer be welcome in TN.
patphil
(6,150 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,958 posts)purpose is to provide sex and pop out babies year after year. Ive always believed that these pageants teach little girls that their value is in how they look.
dlk
(11,514 posts)They also need a distraction from their complete inaction doing anything meaningful for their constituents.
MayReasonRule
(1,460 posts)Delusion divides.
Reason restores.
May reason rule.
world wide wally
(21,739 posts)None of their fucking business if you ask me. I think most of the RW nerds dress like nerds anyway. Look at George Santos or Rick Santorum or TFG! They all look like escapees from Robert Hall's c1960
LonePirate
(13,408 posts)Nothing short of legalized executions of people in the LGBT community will satisfy these people.
keithbvadu2
(36,667 posts)Is the drag queen/LGBTQ issue a distraction from republican/conservative/Christian values/morals?
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Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers
https://www.dailykos.com/blogs/CajsaLilliehook
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Former Youth Ministry Volunteer Gets Life In Prison For Child Rapes
https://www.joemygod.com/?s=youth
intheflow
(28,443 posts)paleotn
(17,884 posts)HighFired49
(346 posts)should make short work of all of these stupid laws. Duh. Some people just cannot quit showing how small minded and ignorant they are.
Martin68
(22,768 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,872 posts)terminated with extreme prejudice.
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)That's who...
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/10/04/alec-leaders-boast-about-anti-abortion-anti-trans-bills/
And because Republicans are super lazy about coming up with original legislation (even original bits of evil)...
BumRushDaShow
(128,502 posts)and shut down years ago and I remember the big push that exposed many of the corporate funders who were shamed into pulling out of it. But then I suppose they figured once the dust settled and people moved on, they would go back to business as usual.
List of those who cut ties - https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Corporations_that_Have_Cut_Ties_to_ALEC
Full list - https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations
More - https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
JCMach1
(27,553 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,502 posts)JCMach1
(27,553 posts)sakabatou
(42,136 posts)dalton99a
(81,404 posts)Emile
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