aZdT0tYT1B- APP Texas June 6, 2022Īs the event took place, protesters and counter-protesters gathered outside the bar. The question: What are our state’s “Republican” leaders going to do about it? It happened right here in the state of Texas. One video showed a performer in red leather drag taking tips from young children while suggestively dancing under a sign that reads “It’s Not Gonna Lick Itself” as parents and other adults looked on. Videos and images shared on social media from the event showed men in drag performing for adults and children inside the bar in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas. “Protecting our own children isn’t enough, and our responsibility as lawmakers extends to the sexualization that is happening across Texas.” “As a father of two young children, I would never take my children to a drag show and I know Speaker Dade Phelan and the rest of my Republican colleagues wouldn’t either,” Slaton said.
I will be filing legislation to address this issue in the new #txlege. I would never take my children to a drag show and I know Speaker Dade Phelan and my Republican colleagues wouldn’t either. Bryan Slaton released a statement calling it “horrifying.” He vowed to introduce legislation to stop what he calls a “disturbing trend in which perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children” once the next state legislative session gets underway. The event - which offered “limited spots for young performers to take the stage solo, or with a queen of their choosing” - offered mimosas for adults and special “mocktails” for guests under 21, according to the description on Eventbrite.Īfter receiving word about the event, Republican Texas Rep. Misster hosted a “Drag The Kids To Pride” show on June 4 as a “spin-off” of the bar’s Champagne Drag Brunch. | The Christian PostĪ Texas state lawmaker is calling for a ban on drag shows and other sexually inappropriate displays for children following reports of minors attending an event featuring drag queens at a Dallas gay bar.īilled as a “family-friendly pride experience” on Eventbrite, the bar Mr.