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The #SupremeCourt #declined to get #involved in a #firstamendment challenge to a #dragshowbans ban. It was the second time the court has refused to step into a drag controversy this term.
#WestTexas A&M went to the #court after two courts refused to act in time to save a #studentdragshow scheduled for March 22. They asked for #emergency intervention, claiming a clear violation of their rights to #freespeech.

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/1238906976/supreme-court-drag-shows

You cannot #ban your way to #freedom.

#GOP #BookBans #DragShowBans #BlackHistoryBans #RacialHistoryBans #LGBTQBans #ProtestBans #PronounBans #AbortionBans #HealthcareBans #BoycottBans

Has anyone that is advocating to ban drag story-readings put any work into banning Catholic priests from being alone with children?

Just keeping things in perspective, there has been no evidence of story-reading drag queens hurting kids that I’m aware of… Yet Catholic Priests, the list is endless. Religious leaders: sure you can keep molesting. LGBTQ people: Yikes, don’t read stories!

#drag #dragstorytime #DragShowBans #dragqueens #gop #republicans

For the #RightWing, #DragShowBans have never been about the children or the clothes or the #comedy.

They have always been about the cruelty.

I'm old enough to remember this. It wasn't the only time they were in drag. I can still hear #BobHope's voice in my head, complaining about how his girdle is killing him, on one of his many TV shows.

You also have:
* "Uncle Milty" #MiltonBerle, who was famous for his #drag comedy.

* #FlipWilson, who repeatedly donned a dress to play "Geraldine Jones" with hilarity.
https://youtu.be/Rb13NQbsXPk

* #DustinHoffman as #Tootsie.

* #RobinWilliams as #MrsDoubtfire.

* The entire cast of #MontyPython.

* Kids watched an animated #Mulan passing as a male and #BugsBunny in drag.

* And who can forget #HarveyKorman on "The #CarolBurnett Show", as "Mother Marcus" in "As the Stomach Churns."
https://youtu.be/O8Bwj4mZb34

#DragShows #LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #LGBTQRightsAreHumanRights #ClassicTV #TVHistory #MovieHistory #JackieGleason #GroomingChildren #DragQueens