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March 20, 2023
Tori Otten
Undercover Officers Were Sent to Investigate a Drag Show in Orlando, for Some Reason
Agents in attendance saw nothing lewd to report. The state is trying to punish the venue anyway, amid Gov. Ron DeSantis’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown.
March 14, 2023
Tori Otten
Ron DeSantis Is Now Attacking the Hyatt Regency Because It Hosted a Drag Show
The Florida governor has been waging a war on drag and on LGBTQ people in his state.
March 13, 2023
Tori Otten
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” Director Slams Anti-Drag Bills in Oscars Speech
Daniel Scheinert used his emotional Oscars acceptance speech to defend drag.
February 28, 2023
Tori Otten
Tennessee Governor, Who Wore Drag in High School, Will Sign Bill Banning Drag Shows
Bill Lee says he will sign the anti-drag bill, and was angry when asked about his high school yearbook photo.
February 27, 2023
Tori Otten
A New Idaho Bill Would Ban Drag Performances and Target Pride Celebrations
The bill would also allow parents to sue event organizers.
February 23, 2023
Tori Otten
Tennessee Becomes the First State to Pass a Ban on Drag Shows
The bill is so vaguely worded it could also target trans people and Pride celebrations generally.
February 3, 2023
Tori Otten
Ron DeSantis Is Now Attacking the Orlando Philharmonic Because It Once Hosted a Drag Show
In an administrative complaint, the Florida governor accused the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation of putting on a “sexually explicit show.”
January 20, 2023
Prem Thakker
It Seems George Santos’s Old Wiki Account Confirms His Drag Past (With Some Random Lies Thrown In)
The Wikipedia page for “Anthony Devolder,” one of the names Santos went by, says he won several drag pageants, starred in Disney Channel shows, and was in a movie that doesn’t exist.
January 19, 2023
Prem Thakker
George Santos Denies Being Drag Queen and Stealing From Dying Dog, Doesn’t Comment on 9/11 Lie
Once upon a time, lying about September 11 was enough to kill a political career.
January 18, 2023
Prem Thakker
George Santos, Member of Anti-LGBTQ Party, Wore Drag Under the Name “Kitara” in Brazil
It seems when Santos was younger, he was a drag queen who went by the name “Kitara Ravache.” Now he’s a far-right congressman in a party that calls drag queens groomers.
December 14, 2022
Prem Thakker
Counterprotesters in Texas Turned an Attack on a Drag Show Into a Giant Party
LGBTQ activists and allies showed up to counterprotest a far-right attack in San Antonio, and their numbers were so big that one reporter said it became an “open air party.”
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