While conservative politicians were fairly fainting over what they called the “sexual perversion” of our children, it’s unclear what was giving them the vapors. It all started earlier this month in Texas (as so many things do) with a Dallas gay bar's 'Drag the Kids to Pride' event, which was billed as 'a family friendly drag show.' The issue is activists sexualizing young children, and that’s got to stop.”Īctually, a man dressing up as a female and entertaining an audience is considered a drag performance.ĭrag shows are the latest front in America’s culture wars. It wasn’t a drag show, and the issue we’re talking about isn’t adults attending drag shows, either. “The event in question was a party at someone else’s house, and the performer was there as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. “Richard’s accusations were full of lies,” she said, in a statement emailed to me. The Lake campaign says Lake's daughter has never attended a drag show. Similar pictures, dated 20, are posted to Kari Lake's social media. Stevens, who is supporting Democrat Katie Hobbs for governor, on Friday evening posted pictures of Lake posing with him and another drag performer as well as some of their correspondence from 2015.
