Drag Queens
A Drag Story Hour event in Ohio got hijacked by pepper-spray-toting bigots — and confrontations like this are getting more common.
It's one of more than 20 nationwide bills introduced by fear-mongering Republicans seeking to restrict the performances.
The real Santos earlier said about drag queen reports: ”I was young and I had fun at a festival. Sue me for having a life.”
The plot gets wilder and wilder for the newly elected Republican fabulist from New York.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A contestant on Season 15 of the competition series says the current vitriol aimed at drag performers isn't surprising, adding: "But we always prevail."
After the mass shooting at Club Q, family-friendly drag events across the U.S. are on high alert.
“They want to destroy safe spaces for queer youth. And we will not let them win,” Emily Chappell, owner of Old Nick’s Pub, told HuffPost.
The protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke bombs outside the event in Eugene -- prompting authorities to shut down the street.
The "RuPaul's Drag Race" alum vowed to "represent my community and show up" after becoming the first drag entertainer to compete on "DWTS."
The Downers Grove Public Library said it will continue to find inclusive programming for teens and insisted that “hate did not win today.”