#GOP senators question drag queens in Navy outreach effort

#GOP senators question drag queens in Navy outreach effort

Fourteen Republican senators are asking the U.S. Navy to respond to questions concerning reports that it used a TikTok drag queen to help reach potential recruits on social media. “While we understand the importance of social media for modern recruiting, we are concerned about both the promotion of a banned app and behavior that many…

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#The Big Idea: Defend Drag Shows

#The Big Idea: Defend Drag Shows

We need a way to protect LGBTQ+ Canadians—especially drag performers—from harm. An Ontario traffic law could work. “I’d love it if these bubbles started popping up across the country, in drag capitals like Toronto and in small towns alike. I’d love it even more if we didn’t need to use them.” (Illustration by Pete Ryan)…

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#Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

#Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth

Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth Tennessee on Thursday became the first state to enact a law explicitly targeting drag shows, while also joining a growing list of GOP-led states to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The drag show provision criminalizes performances that take place in…

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#DeSantis administration launches investigation into holiday drag show

#DeSantis administration launches investigation into holiday drag show

DeSantis administration launches investigation into holiday drag show Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) on Wednesday announced it was investigating a holiday-themed drag show in South Florida. It said the department had received “multiple complaints” alleging a Dec. 26 performance of Drag Fans’ “A Drag Queen Christmas” was “sexually explicit” and “marketed to…

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