Disney+ has welcomed popular drag queen Shea Couleé to the streaming service for its upcoming Marvel series about a teen superhero in &#8220;Ironheart,&#8221; coming to the site in 2023.
The 33-year-old, born Jaren Kyei Merrell, spoke to <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1341435/how-rupaul-s-drag-race-alum-shea-coulee-is-shaking-up-the-marvel-cinematic-universe?utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=imdb_topstories">E! News</a> about getting the part and used the words &#8220;impactful&#8221; and &#8220;sexy&#8221; to describe the show about a 15-year-old superhero. The series stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, who &#8220;creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man,&#8221; a description on <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13623126/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">IMDb</a> reads.
&#8220;It&#8217;s really so humbling to be able to crossover into a much more mainstream avenue, and push the needle forward as far as drag is concerned, in the way that it&#8217;s consumed and in pop culture,&#8221; Couleé explained. &#8220;I&#8217;m so deeply excited for everyone to see what this role is, what it entails and everything it is.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone at Marvel has been so unbelievably open and receptive to my experiences and my expertise about drag,&#8221; Shea added. &#8220;And they&#8217;ve allowed me to really come in to the [Marvel Cinematic Universe] and put my very specific Shea Coulee print on the Marvel Universe.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be really impactful,&#8221; Couleé continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be so smart and creative and clever and funny, and sexy. And so, so, so, so Chicago.&#8221;
The winner of &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; also recently celebrated their involvement with Disney by tweeting, &#8220;strutting out of the Werkroom&#8221; and into Marvel.
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BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this amazing project! Acting was my first love, and I’m thrilled to be doing it again in such a big way! 💖<a href="https://t.co/QXGFfRrTqs">https://t.co/QXGFfRrTqs</a>
&mdash; Shea Couleé (@SheaCoulee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SheaCoulee/status/1554945595231686657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe,&#8221; Couleé <a href="https://twitter.com/SheaCoulee/status/1554945595231686657?s=20&amp;t=zVdSa0YTCf80MM0-2_nNUQ">tweeted</a>. &#8220;Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this amazing project!&#8221;
&#8220;Acting was my first love, and I&#8217;m thrilled to be doing it again in such a big way!&#8221; the drag queen added.
In addition to the site&#8217;s latest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-at-all-secret-gay-agenda-disney-employees-break-down-adding-queerness-to-shows-and-degenderizing-theme-parks">woke push</a>, Disney appears to have gone back on its previous promise only to include content that was PG-13 or softer after recently adding R-rated films to the site, as <a href="https://spectator.org/disney-drag-queens-r-rated-features/?fs=e&amp;s=cl">The American Spectator</a> noted.
In 2019, before the streaming site launched, a reporter asked a Disney representative if the site would ever carry R-rated films and was told no.
&#8220;I asked about R-rated content, if any of Fox&#8217;s more adult fare will make it on to Disney+ and he said that Disney+ will all be PG-13 or softer,&#8221; Eric Vespe <a href="https://twitter.com/EricVespe/status/1165350604346052609?s=20&amp;t=Kd-5NPs_Rr8YPkb0jYxxfw">tweeted</a> at the time. &#8220;I wonder if this will be their weakness that other streaming services can exploit.&#8221;
In July, Disney+ added Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan, the Spectator noted.
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids">announced</a> plans for kids&#8217; entertainment content.)
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A woman at an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBT</a> pride event in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> cheered on a young boy working a stripper pole, a video posted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-faces-more-censorship-from-major-social-media-platform">Libs of TikTok</a> shows.
Photos confirm the 30th annual Central Pennsylvania Pride celebration, held in Harrisburg on July 30, <a href="https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/07/30/photos-central-pennsylvania-pride/">featured</a> drag queens and a stripper pole. The event, where the shocking video is sourced, was taxpayer subsidized.
&#8220;A pride event in PA featured a stripper pole where they taught kids how to pole dance,&#8221; Libs of TikTok reported Thursday.
The video, which has amassed 1.3 million views, shows a young boy decked out in rainbow-colored attire climbing up the pole with the help of an older male, who was allegedly the &#8220;instructor&#8221; at the event, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-gay-pride-event-features-shirtless-instructor-teaching-children-pole-dance">identified</a> as Mikee Bentz. The boy then spins around the pole, hooking one of his legs for leverage, as a stripper would.
&#8220;Alright! Go!&#8221; a female voice says in the video. &#8220;Yes, sir!&#8221;
The text overlapping the video read, &#8220;Central PA Pride had a pole set up with an amazing instructor to assist. My kiddo is a natural!&#8221;
The TikTok video has since been deleted, Libs of TikTok reports.
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A pride event in PA featured a stripper pole where they taught kids how to pole dance <a href="https://t.co/IRBE07lp3q">pic.twitter.com/IRBE07lp3q</a>
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The tweet thread included a screenshot of an alleged letter from the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, promoting the event. 
&#8220;The Governor of Pennsylvania put out a letter in support of this pride event. [Governor Tim Wolf] do you condone these actions?&#8221; Libs of TikTok questioned. 
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The Governor of Pennsylvania put out a letter in support of this pride event. <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorTomWolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovernorTomWolf</a> do you condone these actions? <a href="https://t.co/XIpxdRAqD4">pic.twitter.com/XIpxdRAqD4</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1555243641857122304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A screenshot of the alleged letter is <a href="https://centralpapride.org">featured</a> proudly on the Central PA Pride website. &#8220;Governor Wolf shows his support for Central PA Pride Festival,&#8221; a caption of the screenshot reads.
The Wolf administration on July 13 <a href="https://dced.pa.gov/newsroom/wolf-administration-supports-lgbtq-celebrations-across-the-commonwealth/">announced</a> 17 recipients of the PA Pride Community Grant program to &#8220;bolster Pride celebrations.&#8221;
Central PA Pride Festival was one of those recipients, receiving $10,000 in taxpayer money.
“The PA Pride Community Grant Program reaffirms our commitment to bringing visibility to the LGBTQ+ community and creating a more inclusive commonwealth,” said Carrie Fischer Lepore, an official at the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). “Uplifting events and festivals that celebrate belonging, accessibility and inclusion sends the message that in Pennsylvania, all are welcome to pursue their happiness.”
The Daily Wire reached out to the DCED and asked if support from the administration still stands in light of the disturbing video. We did not immediately receive a response.
The festival, though, is already sticking by the event.
&#8220;The Pride Festival of Central Pennsylvania stands behind the actions of Mr. Bentz whose Metro Enterprises provided nothing more than a vehicle of fun and exercise at last weekend&#8217;s Pride Festival,&#8221; a spokesperson for the event <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-gay-pride-event-features-shirtless-instructor-teaching-children-pole-dance">told</a> Fox News Digital.
Bentz, who was instructing the young boy on the pole, is not sorry about his actions, either.
&#8220;I am proud to offer Harrisburg/Central Pennsylvania an avenue for fitness, creativity, artistry, and expression in businesses that are not only operated at the highest level of ethical behavior, but that also take into account inclusivity and a deep appreciation for protecting the environment,&#8221; Bentz said, according to Fox News Digital.

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An upstate New York county library in June hosted a series of four events in which eleven to eighteen-year-olds could “learn the art of drag from a local drag queen.”
The Tompkins County Public Library, located in Ithaca, New York, hosted the four events on June 6, June 13, June 20, and June 27.
“Participants will learn about costuming, makeup, lip synching, stage presence, and more,” the library <a href="https://www.tcpl.org/event/drag-teen-0">boasted</a>, urging, “Students will be best served by attending all classes in the series, as each week will address a different aspect of performing drag.”
Then, to inculcate the youths further into the drag lifestyle, the library offered, “Everyone who finishes the series will have the opportunity to perform at a youth drag show on Saturday, July 2nd on The Commons as a part of the Downtown Ithaca Pride Festival.”
The Downtown Ithaca Pride Festival <a href="https://www.downtownithaca.com/pride/">noted</a> of the July 2 event, “Hosted by Vivian Darling, partnered with <a href="https://www.downtownithaca.com/directory/services/#tompkins-county-public-library">Tompkins County Public Library</a> LGBTQIA+ Youth Programming attendees, coordinated by TCPL Youth Programming.”
The Tompkins County Public Library 2022 Budget Summary <a href="https://www.tcpl.org/sites/default/files/2021-12/2022%20Budget%20summary%20approved%2012-14-21.pdf">showed</a> the library would receive roughly 83% of its budget from Tompkins County, with $3,618,972 approved out of a total budget of $4,347,355.
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Our tax dollars are funding youth drag shows and drag classes for teens <a href="https://t.co/6jfuiMQq2i">https://t.co/6jfuiMQq2i</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1554318482937749504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Ithaca has also featured a “community organization” titled “Ithaca Drag Story Hour,” which <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DragStoryHourIthaca/">says of itself</a>, “Drag Story Hour Ithaca is just what it sounds like—drag performers reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores!”
The emphasis on drag queens in New York libraries has also ben championed by the New York City Public Library, which writes on its <a href="https://www.nypl.org/education/kids/storytime/drag-queen-story-hour">website</a>, “Watch: Drag Queen Story Hour. No matter the circumstances, we’re here to help bring the joy of books to our youngest readers.”
Drag Story Hour NYC <a href="https://www.dshnyc.org/about">boasts</a>:
<blockquote>Drag Story Hour NYC (<a href="https://www.dshnyc.org/faqs" data-anchor="dataItem-kzpw255h" data-restore-tabindex="0">formerly Drag Queen Story Hour NYC</a>) produces storytelling and creative arts programs for children and teens, presented by local drag artists, in libraries, schools, and other community spaces in all five boroughs of New York City, and virtually. Through fun and fabulous educational experiences, our programs celebrate gender diversity and all forms of difference to build empathy and give kids the confidence to express themselves however they feel comfortable.</blockquote>

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-military">U.S. military</a> is hosting a drag show at a family-friendly festival at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) at the end of July.
JBLE is hosting its first ever “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei">Diversity, Equity and Inclusion</a> Summer Festival” on July 30, featuring a series of performances and speeches, including a poem on “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” and a drag show by Joshua Kelley, who performs under the moniker Harpy Daniels.
The festival was first proposed by the JBLE Breaking Barriers Alliance, a committee comprised of volunteer service members under the base’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. At least one top base official, Colonel <a href="https://www.jble.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2671251/colonel-gregory-s-beaulieu/">Gregory Beaulieu</a>, the installation commander, signed off on the event and approved the use of military resources, a JBLE spokesman told The Daily Wire.
The festival is advertised as a family-friendly event, including “bouncy houses and face painting for the children,” according to an event <a href="https://www.eventcreate.com/e/jble-bba-summer-festival?fbclid=lwAR2Bgb-dYuaKy6JZ0Kv2icXxA0E2BFEek6NULC8Pok73Is5rWVOqhfqNfD0">description</a>. The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JointBaseLangleyEustis/posts/pfbid0eaPHkFTRASvrY9NBJicFDEefRg6QwNDDDjikqVcYqdkU7nBDEzZKBfMneGSrDGGJl">event</a>, which will feature performances by several cultural groups, is billed under the theme “Celebrating Differences.”
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have gained ground in the military in recent years, a development that critics <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/the-problem-with-a-woke-military/">say</a> is gutting the unity, meritocracy, and mission readiness of the U.S. military. Rep. Mike Ghallager (R-WI), the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Military Personnel, said in a February <a href="https://gallagher.house.gov/media/press-releases/gallagher-kirby-wrong-dod-does-have-wokeness-problems">speech</a> that DEI initiatives are undermining the military’s strength.
“Diversity may be a strength for America, but it cannot be an organizing principle for the Pentagon. Actual strength — physical strength, mental strength, and overall end strength — is our strength,” he said. “DEI initiatives risk sapping this strength. By co-opting the Woke Left’s obsession with racial and gender diversity, the Pentagon’s DEI evangelists are ironically stifling the very type of diversity that might improve military performance: intellectual diversity.”
The U.S. Air Force created an Office of Diversity and Inclusion in January last year. In February of this year, Bishop Garrison, a senior advisor to the secretary of defense, <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2929658/diversity-equity-inclusion-are-necessities-in-us-military/">called</a> DEI in the military a “force multiplier.” Garrison argued that DEI programs aid the military in recruiting candidates from diverse backgrounds with skill sets that the military can take advantage of.
“It’s not just something that has to be done because of some type of cultural ideology or culture wars that are going on — that’s not the case at all. It is, again, not diversity for diversity’s sake,” Garrison said.
The JBLE event’s central theme is “celebrating differences,” and its purpose is ensuring “every Airman, Soldier and civilian feels valued,” JBLE told The Daily Wire in a statement.
“The goal is to provide education and awareness, increase collaboration through outreach, and recognize the diverse composition of JBLE. The theme of the event is &#8216;Celebrating Differences&#8217; and will feature a number of different performers, guest speakers, and information booths, including Tuskegee Airman, Asian Indians of Hampton, a hula routine, a drag performance, and many others,” the JBLE statement said.
“All featured guests will be participating or performing as volunteers. The installation assisted by providing funding for logistical requirements, such as a tent, stage, tables and chairs, etc., as specifically authorized by DoD regulations and policies. JBLE leadership is committed to celebrating differences and cultivating an inclusive environment where every Airman, Soldier and civilian feels valued,” it continued.
In addition to the public promotions, the festival was advertised to all who work at JBLE, civilian and military, through a mass email. A person who works at JBLE and received an invite to the festival was furious over the military-sponsored drag show for an event advertised for families.
“It’s burlesque, it’s hyper-sexualized, it’s not something appropriate for children,” said the person, who requested to not be named over potential retaliation from base officials.
Kelley, the drag performer scheduled to appear at JBLE, joined the Navy in 2016 in part because he needed a stable income to fund his drag hobby, he told the <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2018/08/30/sailor-by-day-performer-by-night-meet-the-navys-drag-queen-harpy-daniels/">Navy Times</a> in 2018.
“Doing drag allows me to embrace my feminine side and allows me to bring my diversity and creativity out. When I put on a face, it’s a face of art and creativity, not just a face of make-up. To hear people cheer, laugh or cry, or even join in with you during a performance is an absolute thrill,” he said.
Kelley’s professional Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harpy_daniels/">page</a> features dozens of photos of him in drag, many of them heavily sexualized. Some of the photos show Kelley nude, though the photos themselves appear to not violate Instagram&#8217;s nudity policies.
Drag shows for children have become a lightning rod of public debate in recent months. Critics have denounced such shows and events as inappropriate and potentially criminal abuses of children. Such burlesque shows are typically heavily sexualized.
The controversy over “family friendly” drag shows has inspired legal action in Florida. The state Department of Business and Professional Regulation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-makes-move-against-florida-bar-that-held-sexually-explicit-drag-shows-with-kids">filed</a> a complaint on Tuesday against a Miami bar that hosted such an event. One video that surfaced online showed a young girl walking hand-in-hand with a drag queen wearing what appeared to be fake breasts covered only with pasties.

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Republican Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a>&#8216; Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) on Tuesday filed a complaint against a Miami bar that offers &#8220;sexually explicit&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen">drag</a> shows to children.
Videos from the R House bar went viral earlier this month, showing sexualized drag queens entertaining young children. In one video posted by the popular account <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/libs-of-tiktok-suspended-from-instagram">Libs of TikTok</a>, a young girl is walking hand-in-hand with a drag queen in high heels and a thong with dollar bills hanging out. The performer also has exposed breasts with pasties.
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“They actually &#8230; had a children’s menu on their food services and you think to yourself, you know, give me a break what’s going on?&#8221; DeSantis <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=5225993090821830">said</a>, as first <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/26/exclusive-ron-desantis-florida-files-complaint-against-bar-that-held-lewd-drag-show-for-kids/">reported</a> by Breitbart News. &#8220;So [DBPR investigators] looked under Florida law and were able to initiate this procedure that would basically take away the liquor license for that.&#8221;
DeSantis added that investigators identified “sexually explicit drag shows.”
Breitbart noted that the R House could lose its liquor license, which could effectively put the bar out of business. The venue has 21 days from Tuesday to respond to the complaint.
“We are aware of the complaint and are currently working with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, through our attorney, to rectify the situation,” the venue confirmed, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/27/desantis-files-complaint-against-miamis-r-house-for-having-kids-at-drag-shows/">reported</a>. “We are hopeful that Gov. DeSantis, a vociferous supporter and champion of Florida’s hospitality industry and small businesses, will see this as what it is, a misunderstanding, and that the matter will be resolved positively and promptly.”
“I&#8217;m sensitive to this, I&#8217;ve got a five-, a four-, and a two-year-old, my wife and I back home, and we get our money&#8217;s worth out of that. Being a parent is the most important thing we do,&#8221; DeSantis <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1552331168674086913">said</a> at a press conference on Wednesday (see below). &#8220;It&#8217;s also very challenging enough as it is. And so I think parents, particularly this time in society’s history, should be able to have their kids go to kindergarten, watch cartoons, just be kids, without having some agenda shoved down their throats all the time.&#8221;
&#8220;And that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re fighting for,&#8221; the governor continued. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re fighting for. And that&#8217;s why we, you know, those agencies are moving forward with that.&#8221;
&#8220;People have different views about what they want to do as adults,&#8221; DeSantis added. &#8220;But it used to be, the kids are off limits, no one wanted to bring the kids into any of this stuff. And we&#8217;ve got to get back to that. And I can tell you in Florida, we are going to make sure that that happens.”
The Republican further slammed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drag-the-kids-to-pride-libs-of-tiktok-shares-roundup-of-drag-events-targeting-children">venues across the country</a> for having children involved in sexually explicit drag performances.
“We said wait a minute, having kids involved in this is wrong,&#8221; DeSantis asserted. &#8220;That is not consistent with our law and policy in the state of Florida.&#8221;
&#8220;And it is a disturbing trend in our society to try to sexualize these young people,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That is not the way you look out for our children. You protect children. You do not expose them to things that are inappropriate.”
DeSantis&#8217; wife, Casey, spoke on the issue, too, tweeting on Wednesday, &#8220;Speaking on behalf of A LOT of moms across the state, we do not want our children exposed to inappropriate sexualized content. Full stop.&#8221;
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The Chicago Tribune, in an <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-kid-friendly-drag-performances-20220726-nqvwbz3qbvamvpdf3wd6msbl6e-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Don%27t%20miss%3A%20News%20%2B%20Business&amp;utm_content=5701658975118">article</a> about “kid-friendly drag performances,” compared them to productions created by Disney.
The Tribune posited that “extremist groups have seized” on such events and described them as inappropriate and harmful to children.
“Kid-friendly drag performances are modified to be appropriate for children — more akin to Disney than anything risqué,” The Tribune celebrated.
The Tribune cheered a drag queen named Muffy Fishbasket, who calls himself  Miss Muffy for performances in front of kids, saying he appeared at Andersonville’s Midsommarfest in June, “eliciting laughs and giggles from the crowd of children and adults.”
Noting “Kid-friendly drag performances and story hours” that have been around Chicago and suburbs for some time, the Tribune wrote enthusiastically, “The events, replete with colorful costumes and makeup, offer children a chance to see free expression and broken-down gender norms, according to those who host them.”
Muffy Fishbasket told the Tribune he has been asked by children why he wears “girl clothes.”
“I say, ‘They’re not; they’re my clothes,’” he declared. “It’s taking away these gender normatives that just don’t even need to be there.”
This week, Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article263872577.html">filed a complaint</a> against a Miami bar, asserting that the bar’s Drag Show Brunches exposed minors to “sexually explicit drag shows.” The complaint stated, “The nature of the performances described above, particularly when conducted in the presence of young children, corrupts the public morals and outrages the sense of public decency.”
DeSantis noted that Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation visited the bar, adding, “What they found was not only were there minors there for some of these, and these are sexually explicit drag shows, the bar had a children’s menu.”
“There was a video out of Dallas where they had all these young kids, putting money in the underwear of these drag queens,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/27/florida-gov-ron-desantis-takes-aim-at-wynwood-restaurant-r-house-for-popular-drag-show/">remarked.</a> “Having kids involved in this is wrong. That is not consistent with our law and policy in the state of Florida.”
Diamante Habibi, a New York drag queen, told <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/04/drag-queens-targeted-us-far-right">The Guardian</a>, “The drag queen story hour is super important for kids. You need a creative person to bring an imaginative state to the kids and we’re able to do that in a way that’s safe for them and entertaining for everyone.”
Disclosure: The Daily Wire has announced plans to develop children’s entertainment content.

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A Washington, D.C. neighborhood is attempting to rededicate an iconic street in the city&#8217;s Dupont Circle neighborhood in honor of the world&#8217;s first drag queen.
Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B member Matthew Holden introduced a resolution to rededicate Swann Street, which spans about 5 city blocks in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of the nation&#8217;s capital, according to local news outlet <a href="https://dcist.com/story/22/07/14/dc-swann-street-william-dorsey-drag-queen/">DCist</a>. The resolution would name the street in honor of William Dorsey Swann, a former slave who lived in Washington and was the first person to self-identify as a &#8220;queen of drag.&#8221; While the Commission&#8217;s resolution will do nothing on its own, Holden is optimistic that the D.C. city council will support the effort.
“We thought it would be exciting to dedicate Swann Street after William Dorsey Swann, a Black Washingtonian who was a pioneer in a lot of different ways,” Holden told DCist.
Holden also shared a <a href="https://dcgovict-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/2b08_anc_dc_gov/EVM7yt4xsOZGiah2_d8AN4gB-J1Er86gsY4bijYXHnNffw?rtime=WgrUfeVl2kg">draft</a> of the resolution with the outlet. The resolution notes that Swann, who referred to himself as &#8220;The Queen of Drag,&#8221; ran a secret social group called the &#8220;House of Swann&#8221; that organized balls for formerly enslaved men, where attendees would gather to &#8220;dance and crossdress.&#8221; The resolution also says that Swann was &#8220;persecuted by the authorities,&#8221; citing his multiple arrests for &#8220;&#8216;impersonating a woman'&#8221; and &#8220;&#8216;keeping a disorderly house.'&#8221; It also says that he sought a pardon from President Grover Cleveland, and champions him as &#8220;the first American on record to pursue legal action in defense of LGBT rights.&#8221;
The resolution thus urges the D.C. city council and Mayor Muriel Bowser to support, pass, and sign into law legislation that would rededicate Swann Street in honor of William Dorsey Swann. &#8220;Rededicating Swann Street in honor of William Dorsey Swann would honor the history of the Striver’s Section Historic District as a Black Neighborhood and Dupont Circle’s History as the epicenter of Washington’s LGBT Community,&#8221; the draft says.
Holden told DCist that the Mayor&#8217;s office has expressed support for the effort. He expressed hope that the city council would pass legislation rededicating the street, and would add a nameplate or a plaque that could tell some of Swann&#8217;s history.
The current namesake of the street is purported to be Thomas Swann, who served as Mayor of Baltimore from 1856-1860, and then Governor of Maryland from 1865-1869. He also served in the House of Representatives for 10 years, from 1869 to 1879. As mayor, he was a member of the nativist &#8220;Know-Nothing&#8221; party, and enacted policies allowing for the persecution of blacks. But when he was sworn in as governor in 1865, he opposed slavery and voiced support for free labor for blacks.
William Dorsey Swann was born into slavery in 1858 in Hancock, Maryland. He moved to D.C. some time after Emancipation, and began hosting drag balls in the 1880s and 90s. The balls, which were actually called &#8220;drags&#8221; at the time, were conducted in secret; black men would dress up in dresses and dance dances like the cakewalk. Attendees used the term &#8220;queen&#8221; to address the leaders of the balls.
The resolution also comes just one day after a petition to replace a statue of Russian empress Catherine the Great in Odessa, Ukraine, with a statue of an American <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ukrainian-president-must-consider-petition-to-replace-statue-of-empress-catherine-the-great-in-odessa-with-gay-porn-star">gay porn star</a>, crossed the legal threshold for it to be automatically sent to President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s desk for consideration

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A drag queen performer and &#8220;LGBTQ+&#8221; youth adviser has been <a href="https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/MdjDocketSheet?docketNumber=MJ-39304-CR-0000129-2022&amp;dnh=Iyp6fvm083vnDaNHnw3YMQ%3D%3D">charged</a> with 25 counts of child pornography, allegedly in possession of dozens of photos and videos of nude underaged boys, sometimes performing oral sex.
Brice Williams, who uses the drag name Anastasia Diamond, allegedly downloaded 49 photos and 25 videos of child pornography between May and December 2020, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
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Court documents say the sexually-explicit images &#8220;showed genitalia and boys performing oral sex&#8221; and were connected to Williams&#8217; email address and phone number, FOX 43 <a href="https://www.fox43.com/article/news/crime/central-pa-drag-queen-harrisburg-chambersburg-anastasia-diamond/521-6f0177c5-82e1-4ad9-8d2a-09ab36d31bc3">reported</a>.
PennLive/The Patriot-News, a news source serving Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/07/community-organizer-drag-queen-sets-the-stage-for-black-queer-pride-activism-and-representation-in-central-pa.html">gushed</a> over the now-charged drag queen last year for being a local activist who spreads &#8220;pride&#8221; all year long.
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&#8220;Williams, who uses both masculine and feminine pronouns, is HIV medical case manager at Keystone Health Center in Chambersburg, but this month will join GLO Harrisburg, a center that offers a &#8216;safe space&#8217; for LGBTQ+ youth of color. There, he’ll continue HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness work, while working with LGBTQ+ youth,&#8221; the outlet reported, adding that Williams was &#8220;living life with pride, and encouraging others to do the same, happens 365 days a year.&#8221;
The &#8220;safe space&#8221; LGBTQ+ youth program, which opened in November 2019, offers a &#8220;teen clinic&#8221; once a week &#8220;for ages 14 to 21, regardless of gender or sexual identity,&#8221; <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/03/glo-harrisburg-offers-safe-haven-for-lgbtq-youth-of-color-in-central-pa.html">according</a> to PennLive/The Patriot-News.
Moreover, Williams was reportedly awarded the 2020 Rising Star Award from the LGBTQ Center of Central Pa. for his activism, FOX 43 noted.
Popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok posted an apparent screenshot from Williams&#8217; social media last month. Williams describes himself as &#8220;Black,&#8221; a &#8220;Queer American,&#8221; and a &#8220;Human Rights advocate.&#8221; The profile adds that he is a &#8220;Genderqueer Social Worker &amp; Drag Queen.&#8221;
Libs of TikTok also included video of Williams performing in drag for what appears to be children.
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Here’s a video of Brice Williams, the drag queen who was charged with 25 counts of child pornography, performing for children. <a href="https://t.co/sbJQjs7VDs">pic.twitter.com/sbJQjs7VDs</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1540189095741100032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A statement from UPMC, affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh and the GLO program, released a statement that said Williams had been fired.
&#8220;UPMC’s immediate concern is the health and well-being of our participants who utilize the services provided at GLO,&#8221; UPMC <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/06/central-pa-youth-counselor-fired-after-child-pornography-charges.html">said</a>. &#8220;Upon notification of the circumstances surrounding the case, the individual was terminated.&#8221;
&#8220;We are fully cooperating with authorities throughout the investigation,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;We have no reason to believe that this individual was at any point alone on the GLO premises with a participant without other staff members present.&#8221;
The Franklin County Coalition for Progress responded by condemning &#8220;all forms of child abuse and exploitation&#8221; and emphasizing its support for &#8220;due process.&#8221;
&#8220;It has come to our attention that Brice Williams has been criminally charged by the Franklin County District Attorney,&#8221; the coalition <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FCCforProgress/posts/158988609987777">said</a> in a statement via Facebook. &#8220;The Franklin County Coalition for Progress board of directors has removed Williams from its board and all programming. (Pride Franklin County is a program of FCCP.) The board supports every person&#8217;s right to due process. The board strongly condemns all forms of child abuse and exploitation.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.theblaze.com/shows/relatable/drag-queen-child-porn">H/t</a> The Blaze 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayor-announces-cancelation-of-drag-queen-story-hour-after-community-backlash-ensure-that-all-voices-are-represented">Mayor Announces Cancelation Of ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ After Community Backlash: ‘Ensure That All Voices’ ‘Are Represented’</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan">Michigan</a> Republican gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/these-5-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-made-the-ballot-in-a-chaotic-michigan-primary-now-theyre-vying-for-a-chance-to-unseat-gretchen-whitmer">Tudor Dixon</a> joined state House Republicans Thursday to announce legislation targeting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen">drag shows</a> in public schools.
The proposed bill supported by Dixon and six House lawmakers would allow parents to sue public school districts for up to $10,000 if children are exposed to drag performances. Michigan lawmakers are also reportedly considering a new workgroup to develop a slate of bills that will address the &#8220;oversexualization&#8221; of children, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-republicans-want-penalties-school-drag-shows-cant-cite-example">according</a> to Bridge Michigan.
“We’re here to fight the culture war,” Dixon said at a Thursday press conference introducing the legislation.
The move follows a Dixon campaign <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-tudor-dixon-ill-criminalize-involving-children-in-drag-shows">promise</a> that, if elected governor, she would pursue criminalizing “adults who involve children in drag shows,” The Daily Wire previously reported.
The gubernatorial candidate pointed to recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-drag-queen-for-every-school-michigan-ag-makes-startling-statements-on-drag-queens-later-claims-she-was-just-joking">comments</a> made by Michigan Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dana-nessel">Dana Nessel</a> (D) on drag queens as a reason for pursuing legislation targeting drag shows in public schools.
Earlier this month, Nessel was speaking at a civil rights conference in Lansing when she said, “Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun,” before adding, “A drag queen for every school.”
Later, Nessel claimed the comment was made “in jest,” trying to make the point that concerns with children being exposed to drag queens is a “fake issue.”
During Thursday’s press conference, Dixon acknowledged that Nessel claimed she was joking, but said she and Michigan Republicans take her comments “as a trial balloon.”
The new bill&#8217;s announcement continues a squabble between the attorney general and GOP gubernatorial candidate. Immediately following Nessel’s comments, Dixon criticized her on Twitter. “Attorney General Dana Nessel ‘proudly’ announced she is coming for our kids,” Dixon accused. “When I am governor, schools will answer to local parents, not progressive activists, drag queens, and trans-supremacists. The days of radical activist politicians sexualizing our kids are over.”
Nessel hit back at Dixon, calling her tweet a “humorless take,” and criticizing one of her supporters, former Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
“This is the most humorless take imaginable on a comment made in jest,” Nessel wrote. “I expect more from the star of Buddy BeBop vs the Living Dead. Your benefactor, Betsy DeVos, has been a greater threat to school children in Michigan than drag queens have ever been.”
Dixon joined state Reps. Beau LaFave (R-Iron Mountain), Ryan Berman (R-Commerce Township), Andrew Fink (R-Hillsdale), Steve Carra (R-Three Rivers), Luke Meerman (R-Coopersville), and Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) to announce the legislation.

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Tudor Dixon Joins GOP Lawmakers To Announce Bill That Would Punish Public Schools Over Drag Shows

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen">Drag queen</a> events for children are all over the news right now, and it turns out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> taxpayers are funding some of them.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/11/over-200k-being-spent-on-drag-queen-shows-at-nyc-schools">reported</a> that Drag Story Hour NYC, a nonprofit that hosts events for kids as young as 3, was awarded $46,000 worth of city contracts for appearances at public schools, street festivals, and libraries, according to records. They’ve raked in $207,000 since 2018.
The group has apparently put on 49 drag programs in 34 public elementary, middle, and high schools around New York City’s five boroughs, they shared on their <a href="https://www.dshnyc.org/">website</a>.
According to the publication, parents are not always informed these events are happening at their children’s schools. 
“I am considering pulling funding to any school in my district that is implementing Drag Queen Story Hour,” Queens City Council member Vickie Paladino said in response to the news.
 “We are taking hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the pockets of hardworking New York taxpayers … to fund a program teaching little children about their gender fluidity? Not. On. My. Watch,” Paladino stated. 
CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/vickie-paladino-nyc-council-member-drag-queen-story-hour-comments/">reported</a> that she called the program &#8220;Unacceptable and grotesque&#8221; and in another she called it &#8220;Child grooming and sexualization.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m totally against it,&#8221; Paladino said. &#8220;They come in very exposed. It&#8217;s provocative, for a six-year old and an eight-year-old. You know, if they want to do this in public libraries, Marcia, they have a choice. The parents have a choice and I&#8217;m all about choice. If they want to take the child to a library, by all means go to the library. Go enjoy it, if that&#8217;s what you want to expose your child to.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe there&#8217;s a time and a place for it. It&#8217;s adult entertainment,&#8221; the city council member concluded.
After being attacked by critics, Paladino doubled down and refused to apologize.
“I would like to make one thing very clear: I am NOT apologizing or redacting my statement against using taxpayer dollars to fund Drag Queen Story Hour in our public schools,” the Queens councilwoman <a href="https://twitter.com/VickieforNYC/status/1537914353864781826">said</a> in a statement Friday night. “This type of political, social, and cultural indoctrination of our little children – often without parental consent – is completely unacceptable and inappropriate, and I refuse to stand for it.”
Meanwhile, New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Eric Adams</a> has endorsed drag events for kids.
“Drag storytellers, and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces,” Adams <a href="https://twitter.com/morganfmckay/status/1537578456594239488?s=20&amp;t=NDB7hPuJB903HS4ShDVEOQ">said</a> in a press release. 
“At a time when our LGBTQ+ communities are under increased attack across this country, we must use our education system to educate,” the mayor continued. “The goal is not only for our children to be academically smart, but also emotionally intelligent.”

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The Audubon Society is partnering with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen">drag queen</a> and “intersectional environmentalist” Pattie Gonia during Pride month to bring awareness to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change">climate change</a>, the group announced on social media.
The non-profit environmental organization shared a video for its new campaign, “Birds Tell Us: The Song of the Meadowlark.” A video spot shows Gonia dressed in an elaborate bird costume and performing interpretive dance.
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This <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideMonth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrideMonth</a>, Audubon partnered with drag queen and intersectional environmentalist Pattie Gonia to bring you <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BirdsTellUs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BirdsTellUs</a>: The Song of the Meadowlark, a message of hope for the future of our planet as we face climate change—if we choose to listen: <a href="https://t.co/RGHzJTXGgS">https://t.co/RGHzJTXGgS</a> <a href="https://t.co/UxNW066NL4">pic.twitter.com/UxNW066NL4</a>
&mdash; Audubon Society (@audubonsociety) <a href="https://twitter.com/audubonsociety/status/1536443288240148482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“For years, Audubon has reminded the world that by observing how climate change impacts birds, we can more clearly see how it has — and will — impact us,” the campaign <a href="https://www.audubon.org/pattiegonia">description</a> says. “Birds tell us every day that the world is changing both through their songs and the songs they no longer sing due to habitat loss and global temperature rise. Will you choose to listen?”
The site goes on to say Gonia partnering with Audubon “won’t come as a surprise” to anyone who’s been following them, as the drag queen “is an environmentalist who uses her platform to highlight issues around climate change and inclusivity in the outdoors.”
“I’m genuinely so inspired by birds and together we could reach new audiences and queering the environmental space,” Gonia said when asked about the partnership. “Collaboration is beautiful and rare. It takes so much time and energy, but so many new things are possible.”
“It’s so amazing to be able to highlight LGBTQ+ people,” Gonia continued. “But it’s a necessary step for an organization like Audubon to say, ‘This is what it looks like to diversify this space.’”
Audubon email marketing manager Nick Mason said the campaign is about highlighting LGBTQ people, who he says have stayed hidden too long.
&#8220;Getting to hear about why Pattie does what Pattie does really touched me,” Mason said. “There’s a long history of queer people inhabiting spaces that are hidden. That are in the dark, that are in a basement or in a club. They are wonderful, inviting spaces that we can come to own and claim and make a bright and shiny thing. But it is dark and it is hidden from the world at large.”
He continued, “So to extend a hand [to queer people] and say ‘come outside with me’ is a collective invitation to really and truly come out. You know what I’m saying? That invitation is saying ‘I don’t want to restrict myself to spaces that are hidden. I want to be outside, with you.’”
Gonia agreed, saying LGBTQ individuals shouldn’t always live in cities. “Nature can be a part of your lives as queer people. You don’t have to run to a big city to find yourself!” the drag queen concluded.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-chaos-hits-the-michigan-gop-primary-race-after-candidate-arrested-by-fbi-heres-whats-happening">Michigan</a> Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel made some startling statements Wednesday about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen">drag queens</a> in schools, but then tried to clarify that her comments were made in jest.
Nessel, who made Michigan history in 2018 as the first openly gay person elected to a statewide office, was speaking at a civil rights conference in Lansing when she decided to talk about drag queens, Detroit News&#8217; Craig Mauger reported.
“Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun,” Nessel said, according to Mauger, before adding, “A drag queen for every school.”
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&quot;Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun,&quot; Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says at a civil rights conference in Lansing while speaking out against what she describes as efforts to divide people. 
&quot;A drag queen for every school,&quot; she adds.
&mdash; Craig Mauger (@CraigDMauger) <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigDMauger/status/1537147134142824448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Following her comments, Nessel responded to a critical tweet from Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon later in the day, claiming her comment was “made in jest.” The attorney general said she joked around to make the point that concerns with children being exposed to drag queens is a “<a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/nessel-jokingly-calls-drag-queen-every-school-gop-not-laughing">fake issue</a>.”
“Attorney General Dana Nessel ‘proudly’ announced she is coming for our kids,” Dixon accused. “When I am governor, schools will answer to local parents, not progressive activists, drag queens, and trans-supremacists. The days of radical activist politicians sexualizing our kids are over.”
Nessel hit back at Dixon, calling her tweet a “humorless take,” and criticizing one of her supporters, former Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. 
“This is the most humorless take imaginable on a comment made in jest,” Nessel wrote. “I expect more from the star of Buddy BeBop vs the Living Dead. Your benefactor, Betsy DeVos, has been a greater threat to school children in Michigan than drag queens have ever been.”
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This is the most humorless take imaginable on a comment made in jest. I expect more from the star of Buddy BeBop vs the Living Dead.
Your benefactor, Betsy DeVos, has been a greater threat to school children in Michigan than drag queens have ever been. <a href="https://t.co/mdkDHxN7XU">https://t.co/mdkDHxN7XU</a>
&mdash; Dana Nessel (@dananessel) <a href="https://twitter.com/dananessel/status/1537180292724948992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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While Nessel says she intended her drag queen comments as a joke, Matthew DePerno, who is one of the three Republicans running to unseat Nessel in November, took her words seriously.
“Dana Nessel continues to show just how out of touch she is with Michiganders,” DePerno <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/status/1537174872022994944/photo/3">said</a> in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “Our students suffered through some of the most extreme measures put in place backed by Dana Nessel that kept them away from the classroom and her answer is to over-sexualize elementary schools.”
Nessel’s drag queen comments come as parents and politicians across the country express anger over those targeting children with radical gender theories, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drag-the-kids-to-pride-libs-of-tiktok-shares-roundup-of-drag-events-targeting-children">exposing</a> kids to drag shows.
Another Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate is set to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-gubernatorial-candidate-to-air-new-ad-targeting-radical-gender-theory-in-schools-calling-out-woke-whitmer">release</a> an ad Thursday targeting radical gender theories in public education. In the 30-second ad, Garrett Soldano takes aim at what he calls the “woke groomer mafia,” who he blames for pushing radical gender theory on Michigan kids. He is one of a handful of Republican candidates on the August 2 primary ballot.
“I don’t co-parent with the government,” Soldano says. “My pronouns: conservative, patriot. The woke groomer mafia wants to indoctrinate and subjugate our kids to their woke fantasies. It’s time to fight back.”

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‘A Drag Queen For Every School’: Michigan AG Makes Startling Statements On Drag Queens, Later Claims She Was Just Joking

MI Attorney General Startles With Drag Queens Statement, Then Claims He Was Joking

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