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Ohio Man Gets 18 Years For Attempted Firebombing Of Church Drag Events
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Ohio Man Gets 18 Years For Attempted Firebombing Of Church Drag Events

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An Ohio man with white supremacist ties was sentenced Monday to 18 years behind bars for attempting to burn a church to the ground because it planned to host drag events for the community. He was a member of a “White Lives Matter” group in northern Ohio, according to an FBI affidavit that described the organization as …

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Montana judge temporarily lifts ban on drag performances ahead of major Pride event
1 year, 4 months ago

Montana judge temporarily lifts ban on drag performances ahead of major Pride event

Associated Press  

— A federal judge in Montana on Friday temporarily blocked a new law that restricts drag performances just days before thousands of people are expected to attend Montana Pride’s 30th anniversary celebration in Helena. The way the law is written “will disproportionally harm not only drag performers, but any person who falls outside traditional gender and identity norms,” including transgender …

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How drag queens are the latest targets in the culture wars in US
1 year, 9 months ago

How drag queens are the latest targets in the culture wars in US

Firstpost  

The fight is playing out on a loop on conservative TV chat shows. On the legislative front, several states have taken up Republican bills seeking to curb drag events Washington: It’s the latest battlefield in America’s rolling “culture wars” over gender and education: conservatives around the country are training their sights on drag shows — assailing them as a threat …

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Texas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed
2 years ago

Texas GOP lawmaker hires Christian nationalist who called for drag show attendees to be executed

Raw Story  

A Republican lawmaker and Texas House speaker candidate has hired a self-described Christian nationalist who called for the public execution of people who take children to drag events. “And while it’s sure alarming to know that there’s someone working in my building who has called for my execution, it feels just par for the course.” Others said Neidert’s comments — …

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Mass shooting at LGBT+ club follows wave of threats to drag performers and venues
2 years, 1 month ago

Mass shooting at LGBT+ club follows wave of threats to drag performers and venues

The Independent  

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EXPLAINER: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics
2 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics

Associated Press  

Lately, drag has been dragged through the mud. Performers and organizers of events, such as story hours in which colorfully clad drag queens read books to children, say the protesters are the ones terrorizing and harming children and making them political pawns — just as they’ve done in other campaigns around bathroom access and educational materials. Performances in nightclubs and …

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