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NBC Promotes 11-Year-Old ‘Drag Kid’ Who Performed At Adult Gay Bar

Amanda Prestigiacomo

The mainstream media are unabashedly continuing their disturbing promotion of so-called “drag kids.” On Saturday, CNBC published a video tweet of Desmond Napoles — AKA “Desmond is Amazing” — an 11-year-old “drag kid” who, earlier this month, “performed” a dance number at a gay bar while collecting dollar bills from the adult men in the crowd.

CNBC, which is owned by NBC Universal News Group, showcased the child as an “LGBTQ youth” advocate. “This 11-year-old drag kid is using his voice to encourage LGBTQ youth to be themselves,” reads the media company’s caption to the video.

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