A bilingual Arizona bookstore canceled its family-friendly “Drag Show for Palestine” following backlash over the planned performance, with critics noting that drag shows — as well as any sort of LGBTQ expression — are strictly prohibited in Palestinian-controlled areas, with offenders risking their very lives.
A drag show in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut was shut down by “an angry crowd of conservative Christians screaming homophobic chants.”
Catholics prayed the rosary in protest across the street from a so-called “gospel” drag show taking place at a restaurant in Washington, DC, on Saturday.
Oregon State University hosted a drag show last week that was reportedly attended by underage children. The event included a demonstration called “titty weight lifting,” which featured a female performer lifting weights with bare breasts exposed.
A school has cancelled its LGBTQ+ Pride day in which children as young as 11 were reportedly encouraged to dress in “full-blown drag”.
A federal judge’s ruling that drag shows in front of children in Tennessee will go on after declaring the state’s first-in-the-nation law banning them as unconstitutional has been met by applause and cheering from LGBTQI+ advocates.
Faculty members of West Texas A&M University (WT) are condemning the school’s president with a vote of no confidence after he canceled a drag show that was scheduled to take place on campus. WT President Walter Wendler said in a letter to students that drag shows “stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood.”
A Florida bill designed to protect children from businesses hosting child-friendly drag shows has passed both chambers and is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk.
Legislation has been introduced that would enact safe zones, banning protests within 100 metres of a drag show, with fines up to $25,000.
A Tennessee law restricting drag shows was temporarily blocked on Friday preventing officials from enforcing the law over the next two weeks.
Walter Wendell, the president of West Texas A&M University (WTAMU), wrote a letter explaining his reasoning for barring a drag performance from campus.
The Walt Disney Co. was one of the corporate sponsors of a recent gay pride event in Paris, France, where the invited guests included a transgender prostitute who reportedly filmed a sexually provocative videos in the restrooms of the Paris City Hall.
The B-52s, the kitschy 1970s-80s rockers famous for their off-beat tune “Love Shack,” decried the various bills and laws across the country that they say “promote transphobia,” by banning transgender mutilation of children and drag shows aimed at children.
The queen of all drag queens RuPaul has spoken out against legislation in states including Tennessee banning drag shows for children, arguing conservatives are trying to distract the public from more important problems.
A historic Anglican Church in London will put on a drag queen show, which will feature former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestants.
The “CABA-BABA-RAVE” bondage-themed drag queen show for babies and their mothers has cancelled an upcoming show after intense backlash.
Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that would prevent drag shows from taking place on public property or in front of children.
A group of Chicago-based drag performers called the “Kiki Queens” used drag performances to fundraise for an organization that hosts LGBT “affirming youth groups” for children in 7th grade and even teaches minors how to perform in drag.
A Nebraska Democrat state senator created a mock amendment that would prohibit adults from taking children to Bible camps in response to legislation that would protect children from drag shows, the Washington Stand reported.
The DeSantis administration has filed a complaint against the Orlando Philharmonic over its hosting of “A Drag Queen Christmas” at Plaza Live — a sexually explicit performance — which allowed children to attend.
The sexually explicit drag show prompting an investigation from Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) did, in fact, allow minors to attend the event, as the events are open to “all ages” unless otherwise specified, according to the show’s website.
Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation is investigating a sexually explicit drag show marketed to children, which took place in Fort Lauderdale on December 26.
The mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, attended a lewd Christmas-themed drag show that was marketed for “all-ages.”
Republican gubernatorial candidate and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt slammed incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly (D) for claiming to be a moderate Democrat while “supporting and funding drag shows for kids of all ages.”
The Democratic Party has fundraised off of drag shows at a number of recent events.
The University of Nebraska at Lincoln is set to host multiple drag shows, with the proceeds going to fund student involvement at a conference centered around “queer activism.”
