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Official Leading Agency For Homeless Placed On Leave After Organizing Event At Annual Conference Featuring Drag Queen

Hank Berrien
Official Leading Agency For Homeless Placed On Leave After Organizing Event At Annual Conference Featuring Drag Queen
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On Thursday, the director of King County’s coordinating agency for homelessness was placed on leave after she organized a drag queen’s strip show at the agency’s annual conference earlier this week.

As The Seattle Times reports, “Performer Beyoncé Black St. James danced topless in a sheer bodysuit, gave lap dances and kissed attendees, according to a staffer at a local housing nonprofit who attended the conference in South Seattle.”

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