This editor would like to apologize for Saturdays always turning into drag queen/transgender Saturdays — they just do. The president and first lady will be welcomed by the White House Correspondents Association tonight for their annual “nerd prom,” so Biden is up and about today.
We just did a piece about CNN’s “rich history” of drag in America that will outlast any effort to force it back underground. Last week, HuffPost reported that photographer Matt Remey took portraits of drag queens in and out of costume and asked them one question — “and everyone needs to read their answers.”
Our one question would have been, “Why do you feel compelled to perform in front of children?”
Chris McGonigal and Matt Ramey report:
With recent legislation around the country targeting LGBTQ+ people and drag queens specifically, North Carolina-based photographer Matt Ramey decided to start a new ongoing photo series called “Ancestral Fantasy: Tales of Freedom, Beauty, and Truth.”
The series features portraits of North Carolina drag queens in and out of costume, along with their responses when Ramey asked them a question: “Why is it important to live your truth?”
“The inspiration for this project started once the rumblings that demonized drag started taking hold in the political discourse. Ever since I can remember, LGBTQ+ folks have been under attack in America,” Ramey told HuffPost. “It’s so upsetting to see queer folks become the boogeyman. They are our family, neighbors and community. I want to do my part to help amplify their voices and tell their truth.”
That’s another bonus of progressivism infecting America: It’s no longer “the truth,” it’s “your truth.”
The Human Rights Campaign wants everyone to take a look and realize these are real people. No s**t.
Take a look. These drag queens are not a fantasy. They are real people with loved ones, dreams and powerful histories. Attacking them means you’re attacking your own neighbors, family and community. https://t.co/YdXAmPTTAy
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 25, 2023
Strippers are also real people with loved ones and dreams. That doesn’t mean they have a right to perform in front of children. https://t.co/nh3QMINslg
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 29, 2023
Damn.
I have a gay cousin who works for them and I’ve seen his attitude up close. What’s bad is that I know the vast majority of gay people aren’t like this at all. But those HRC people? They’re a powerful lobby and TBH I think they’re just some of the meanest people I’ve ever seen
— CDC Cellular Repair (@CDCCellular) April 29, 2023
I think HRC and similar activist organizations used to have a mission of equal treatment under the law for LGBT people. But when they achieved their victory with gay marriage, these well funded professional activist groups couldn’t just say “mission accomplished” and move on with…
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 29, 2023
I know strippers and adult dancers.
They go to great lengths to make sure anyone they know under age 18 thinks they do life coaching or run a Reiki healing practice.
Kids do not need to see or know this stuff.
— Adam Hommey (@adamhommey) April 29, 2023
They really have a hard time comprehending this lol
— Adam B. Coleman, President of Aintblackistan (@wrong_speak) April 29, 2023
Be who ever you want to be, but leave children alone. Your way of life, as perverted as it is, will not be tolerated as long as you target children. It's not rocket science, pretty simple actually.
— jajcatsc (@jajcatsc1) April 29, 2023
These dudes have families and dreams, but that doesn’t make exposing children to their fetish acceptable. pic.twitter.com/lh5DU43XZM
— My Friend Ray Cooper (@GvnrRayCooper) April 29, 2023
Are they appropriate entertainment for children? There is only one right answer.
— Darin Morris (@darin54182428) April 29, 2023
I would blast my neighbors and/or family if they tried to perform sexually in front of kids.
So kindly f*** off.
— Rusty 🎙️ (@rustyweiss74) April 29, 2023
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) April 29, 2023
Just leave kids alone. It’s not a big ask.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) April 28, 2023
No one hates drag queens or thinks badly of them. Not wanting them to put their asses in 6 year old faces is a reasonable ask I would think.
— Meghan Maureen (@Keggs719) April 29, 2023
If they don’t dance sexually half naked in front of kids, I don’t care. That’s most people.
You see the difference, right?
— Queen Velvet (@TMIWITW) April 29, 2023
No one cares about drag. People don't want strip shows for kids. How is this so difficult for you?
— Social Distance Champion (@realchrishynes) April 29, 2023
I'm not attacking anyone and have zero issues with drag queens or kings.
Just leave the kids out of it….but you can't can you? Because then the rest of us go back to not caring.
— Larry LaBate (@xmethuselahx) April 25, 2023
There’s no way to say it loud enough: Just keep the kids out of it. Yes, America has a “rich history” of drag shows … in clubs, in front of other adults. It’s not “attacking” drag queens to ask them not to do “all-ages” drag brunches.
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Related:
CNN: America’s ‘rich drag history’ may protect it from efforts to ‘push it underground’ https://t.co/utyYvFTm4k
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 29, 2023
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