#drag queen bans

[contemplatingoutlander]

This is one of Alexandra Petri’s best columns. It is satire in its most heartbreaking form. The column is so good, I am using a gift link, so anyone can read the entire column, even if they don’t subscribe to The Washington Post. Below are some excerpts from this column:

I can think of nothing worse than children — in school, sitting at their desks, reading banned books. A horrible thought, all those children solemnly holding books in their hands and reading them and putting the thoughts in those books into their minds. Learning the wrong lessons and growing up — the wrong way. Growing all the way up. Getting to grow up and think thoughts about those improper things they read in unsanctioned books, their whole lives, maybe. Horrible. I can think of nothing worse. Children who get to be 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and beyond — children who get to grow and have children of their own, and call their mothers or forget to call them, children who get to see the places they always wanted to see and children who get to be the best aunts in the world, but one afternoon in 2023 they read a book I didn’t approve of. I can’t imagine anything more horrible. Something must be done. To protect the children, we must stop at nothing. [...] I can’t think of anything worse than children reading history and feeling bad. Imagine, children, going home alive to their parents and complaining that they were made to feel bad by reading about the horrible events of the past. Can you think of a worse thing? Imagine that happening to a child. Imagine being a parent, and seeing the door open, and your child come through it, unharmed, with a complaint about a textbook. Unthinkable. Awful. Frightening. We must pass legislation.

I can’t think of anything worse than children going to a library to hear a drag queen read a story. Children sitting there alive in a library, hearing a story, surrounded by books and glitter, laughing. Children having a pleasant time, feeling as though there was nothing to be afraid of and going home happy. Can you think of anything worse? No, no. We must stop this at once. There must be laws. We must take action. We must protect the children from this awful fate.

Can you think of something worse? Are you thinking of something worse? Don’t worry: I will not think of it. I will not legislate about it. I will not give it a moment’s concern. To protect the children, I will stop at nothing. At absolutely nothing.

[jaybirdbluelily]

MY AUNT BETTER STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS THIS SUNDAY, OR IM COMING FOR HER HEAD

[politijohn]

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Happy Pride Month! Another L for the bigots!

[liberaljane]

Drag is art, stop the bans.

Illustration of a drag king cat, and a drag queen cat. Text reads, ‘stop drag bans’

[thoughtportal]

please show up to your local government meetings. they are counting on people now showing up and seeing what they are doing.

[queerism1969]

[gender-sexuality-happiness-rage]

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“Hide your books to avoid felony charges Florida schools tell teachers “ - The Washington Post Jan. 31st 2023

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A visit to the Caribbean islands will make you feel like you have gone to heaven on Earth. Pinch yourself if you think you’re dreaming, but you’ll probably be excited to know that several Caribbean islands welcome the LGBTQ community with open arms.

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We can't just vote fascism away, the time has come to DISOBEY! (be brave!)

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[Image description: A tumblr post, edited blackout-poetry style to read, "children need to be exposed to drag."]

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children need to be exposed to drag

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Hayley Kiyoko brings local drag queens on stage in Tennessee despite threats of legal action!

We DESERVE to take up space and DRAG IS NOT A CRIME!

[reasonsforhope]

Federal Judge Gregory Presnell has placed a preliminary injunction on a Florida bill banning individuals under the age of 18 from attending drag performances. 

[Note: "Preliminary injunction" means that the judge has blocked the law from going into effect. The ban is temporary, and is designed to keep the bill from being enforced or applied while the bill goes through the appeals process, where higher-level judges will rule on whether they agree with DeSantis, or with this judge.

Given how incredibly overbroad the law is, previous recent rulings on these issues, and this judge's ruling in particular, DeSantis's government will almost certainly have a difficult time convincing any not-a-total-right-wing-crony lawyer that the law is constitutional. Because, in fact, this law is a huge violation of the first amendment, which protects freedom of speech and freedom of expression.]

The law, dubbed the “Protection of Children Act,” would allow “the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to fine, suspend, or revoke the license of any public lodging, establishment, or public food service establishment if the establishment admits a child to an adult live performance.” DeSantis previously said that drag shows, which are covered by the ban, “sexualize” children.  

In his ruling, Presnell sided with Hamburger Mary’s, a restaurant that hosts drag performances and sued the DeSantis administration, claiming that the restrictions implemented by the act were too broad and not only violated their first amendment rights but unfairly harmed their business. 

In a move the DeSantis administration likely did not see coming, Presnell cited previous laws passed by the Florida governor in his reasoning for placing an injunction on the law. Presnell wrote that the Florida government had failed to sufficiently narrow the breadth of the ban to prevent its unjust application and its “inevitable clash with the Florida ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ and other laws.” 

The “Parental Bill of Rights” was signed into law by DeSantis in July of 2021. The law, as quoted by Presnell states that “all parental rights are reserved to the parent of a minor child in this state…including…[t]he right to direct the upbringing and the moral or religious training of his or her minor child.” 

-via Rolling Stone, June 23, 2023

[batboyblog]

Happy Pride!

[bakasara]

far-right conservative: queer spaces are full of predators, groomers, pedophiles who perpetrate sexual abuse on children or are looking to. this drivel is totally not a moral panic fuelled by deep-seated transphobia and homophobia, I just know real abuse is happening every which way though there's no such evidence! we need to censor bad literature - queer weirdo shit that makes me uncomfortable - and limit all interactions between queer adults and minors, as they are always suspicious. it's to protect the children!

young fandom LGBTQ+ convinced they're a progressive leftist: queer spaces are full of predators, groomers, pedophiles who perpetrate sexual abuse on children or are looking to. I'm [insert LGBT label here] and totally not queerphobic, it's just that fandom is unusually full of degenerate freaks wanting to perpetrate real crimes, though there's no such evidence! we need to censor bad literature - queer weirdo shit that makes me uncomfortable - and limit all interactions between queer adults and minors, as they are always suspicious. it's to protect the children!

[libertarianneko]

There’s no meaningful difference between these two pictures unless you have an intense fear and hatred of men.

“WhY woUlD a mAn wwAnT tO wEaR a DrEss anD hEeLs tO rEaD tO kiDs”

Idk why does Dolly Parton? She wants to entertain kids & help them get into reading. It’s only because of stereotyping men (especially gay men) as predators that people lose their minds over drag queen story hour. Or they’ve mistakenly labeled it as trans and they fear trans women (usually also because they view them as men who they view as predators)

[ladyorlandodream]

Meanwhile in Tennessee...

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/bills-on-public-drag-performances-gender-affirming-care-slated-for-house-vote

My heart hurts for all trans people and drag performers of USA...I fear Tennessee will be just the first state

Republicans are loudly declaring war on the LGBTQ+ community...

I don't know why but I feel like it’s going to happen a Stonewall 2.0

But this time Queers' voice is stronger than ever

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

[thoughtportal]

this is the kind of stuff that can happen when you show up to your local government meetings. show up!