What the world needs now is drag, sweet drag, apparently. After the tragic shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, a federal judge upholds a ban on drag shows in front of children.

Why? Because even though six people died, we couldn’t possibly be throwing around hate to the LGBTQ community, could we? That would be less-than-tolerant and very Un-American, right?

The Memphis, Tennessee, judge sided with Friends of George’s, a Memphis-based LGBTQ+ theater group that filed a lawsuit against the state, according to Fox News.

Friends of George’s or FOG, as they call themselves, is a non-profit group that is “continually seeking new opportunities to expand our audience, and better serve the community that supports us”, according to their website.

Rolling Stone obtained a copy of the suit:

Modern drag performances typically do not contain nudity. More often than not, drag performers wear more clothing than one would expect to see at a public beach, and many drag shows are intended to be appropriate for all ages.”-John Freeman, Rolling Stone

And more:

Under this reading of the law, a drag queen wearing a mini skirt and a cropped top and dancing in front of children violates this statute, but a Tennessee Titans cheerleader wearing precisely the same outfit doing precisely the same routine does not, because she is not a ‘female impersonator.’”--John Freeman, Rolling Stone

U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker said, “at this point, the court finds that the statute is likely both vague and overly-broad.”

The ruling came out on Transgender Day of Visibility, which, apparently, was yesterday. I did not even realize this was an actual “holiday”. Hardcore activists also claimed this day to be “transgender day of vengeance”, with violent posts surfacing on social media after a violent crime was carried out by a member of the transgender community. Don’t dare cancel the transgender community and their day of “vengeance” which coincidently falls a couple of days after this heinous crime was carried out-you filthy, horrible, gun-toting, raaaacist bigots.

They are slow to moderate content targeting trans people, but quick to silence us when we speak out or push back. ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ is not a specific day or a call for violence. It’s a meme that’s been around for years, a way of expressing anger and frustration about oppression and violence the trans community faces daily. Context is everything in content moderation, which is why content policies should be based in human rights and applied evenly, not changed rapidly based on public pressure or news cycles.”-Evan Greer, Fight for The Future

They/them, he, she, ze, hir, lan “are slow to moderate”, Evan. You were not very inclusive in your language there.

Even if the government could identify a compelling interest, this law is far from narrowly tailored. It is broad enough to encompass even the most innocent drag performances, to reach into the private homes of Tennessee citizens, and to determine on behalf of parents what is and is not appropriate entertainment for their children.”--John Freeman, Rolling Stone

Anyway, back to drag shows. Friends of George’s just struck while the iron was hot. Who could blame them from seizing an opportunity? Drag shows were never the problem here. I have, myself, been to Drag Queen BINGO and a few drag shows with adult friends. Transgenderism, also, was not the problem. Freedom of speech was definitely not the problem lawmakers in Tennessee were eyeing when they sought to ban drag performances around children. Sometimes, it is not even the show itself but the behavior of attendees that can be questionable in the company of children.

The problem here has been the ever-pervasive political agenda that has been creeping into our schools and into the lives of innocent children. Children are no longer allowed to be children without being told they can also be the opposite gender, gay, non-binary or drag queens as early as the age where they should be learning their ABCs and how to count. Being the opposite gender and changing one’s preferred pronouns and name a bazillion times is a trend that is on the rise in our middle schools. Educational systems are promoting this dysfunction and this delusion. We even have school administrators using pronouns in their signatures that do not make any logical sense. These are people post-graduate degrees. There is a reason that our nation has seen an increase in depression and suicide amongst teens. Our society is promoting this contagion.

The tragedy here is that our country, our lawmakers, and our media outlets have bowed to an agenda. They have lost all rational thought. They are beyond rational thought. When six people die in a school shooting and all our lawmakers and media can focus on is the gender identity and personal turmoil of the perpetrator of this horrific crime and not the deaths of innocent adults and children, we know it is not about the kids. It never was or will be when looking from this lens.

The drag and the LGBTQ+ community can consider this a win. But it is only a temporary one.

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