The City of West Hollywood, California, which emerged as an early epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Los Angeles County, has welcomed the public to take part in a Mother’s Day online drag show to <a href="https://wehotimes.com/weho-mayor-damico-invites-community-to-dress-in-drag-for-mothers-day-online-drag-show/">reportedly</a> “honor all mothers across the city and around the world.”
At a recent City Council meeting, Mayor John D’Amico expressed support for Sunday’s event.
“Community members are invited to participate in their homes or outside, while following all Safer at Home orders and keeping themselves and their neighbors healthy and safe,” an announcement from Mayor D’Amico’s office <a href="https://www.wehoville.com/2020/05/07/weho-will-celebrate-mothers-day-in-drag/">says</a>. “Those who choose to participate can put on a show for themselves, for their friends online, or for their neighborhood while remaining in compliance with all social distancing requirements.”
“While in-person gatherings for Mother’s Day may not be possible amid the Safer at Home orders, this virtual event encourages the community to bring joy and entertainment to each other and especially the mothers in our lives,” the announcement continues.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/WeHoCity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WeHoCity</a> Mayor John D’Amico is encouraging the West Hollywood community to participate in a Mother’s Day Online Drag Show in honor of mothers across the City and the world on Sunday, May 10th at 2pm. 
​stay at home and use hashtags <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mothersdaydrag?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mothersdaydrag</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fromWeHowithLove?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fromWeHowithLove</a> <a href="https://t.co/gJKEk4ImSR">pic.twitter.com/gJKEk4ImSR</a>
&mdash; WeHo Chamber (@WeHoChamber) <a href="https://twitter.com/WeHoChamber/status/1258451506874822656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The digital celebration is organized by a local drag entertainer who has asked performers to post images online and tag the official social media accounts of City Hall, the chamber of commerce, and the tourism board.
West Hollywood made national headlines almost two years ago when elected officials declared May 23, 2018, “Stormy Daniels Day” in honor of the pornographic actress. Councilman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ca-democrat-who-honored-stormy-daniels-has-mayoral-jeffrey-cawood">John Duran</a>, who was the mayor at the time, presented Daniels (a.k.a. Stephanie Clifford) with the proclamation in recognition of her leadership in the anti-Trump “resist” movement. A <a href="https://www.wehoville.com/2018/05/23/mayor-duran-welcomes-stormy-daniels-as-wehos-lady-godiva/">ceremony</a> took place outside of an erotic apparel store named after a drag queen known for directing X-rated movies. Mayor D’Amico, then a councilman, gave Daniels an official key to the city.
A small community surrounded by Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, West Hollywood is a hotspot for COVID-19 infections. A disproportionate number of locals have contracted the virus, <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/health/2020/04/23/covid-19-triggers-traumatic-memories-of-bygone-era-in-west-hollywood-">including</a> Mayor D’Amico. He believes he caught it from his husband, who had attended a conference in New York City from February 29 to March 8 that has been <a href="https://www.agpa.org/docs/default-source/media-press-releases/march-18-2020-communication.pdf?sfvrsn=a12e98a9_2&amp;fbclid=IwAR2wSvHhMIR4CDXU6USruVOJmjO9ZVKYsKoaPO69IQSE7wrrNlo0YuiNN_4">linked</a> to numerous positive cases. Both men experienced mild symptoms and have fully recovered. D’Amico’s mother <a href="https://www.wehoville.com/2020/04/25/in-memory-patricia-damico-mother-of-wehos-mayor-dies-of-covid-19-complications/">recently</a> died from complications related to COVID-19. She resided in Arizona and was 90 years old.
During the beginning stages of the outbreak in greater L.A., West Hollywood was consistently among the cities and neighborhoods with the largest number of confirmed cases. Yet, its growth rate has <a href="https://www.wehoville.com/2020/04/28/the-rate-of-confirmed-covid-19-infections-in-weho-is-falling/">dropped</a> significantly in recent weeks. The L.A. County Department of Public Health indicates that 142 people living in West Hollywood have tested positive for COVID-19, which translates to 1 out of every 260 residents.
City leaders were <a href="https://twitter.com/DakotaLupo/status/1239349409713807360">criticized</a> on the weekend of March 14 when bars and nightclubs remained open after Governor Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/11806871/newsom-calls-for-closure-of-all-bars-in-an-effort-to-increase-social-distancing">called on</a> them to close in an effort to increase social distancing. Concerned citizens implored the city to shut the bars down, posting <a href="https://twitter.com/justtranter/status/1239347038560473089">images</a> on Twitter of patrons ignoring the state’s recommendations that had been <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/11/california-public-health-experts-mass-gatherings-should-be-postponed-or-canceled-statewide-to-slow-the-spread-of-covid-19/">publicized</a> by Newsom earlier that week.
That Monday, official numbers <a href="https://www.wehoville.com/2020/03/16/west-hollywood-has-highest-rate-of-coronavirus-infections-in-la-county/">showed</a> West Hollywood had the highest infection rate in the region. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the county health department <a href="https://sites.usc.edu/safeschools/panelists/barbara-ferrer/">who doesn’t have a medical degree</a>, <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-county-orders-closure-of-bars-gyms-just-as-city-of-la-did-day-before/2329930/">ordered</a> the closure of all bars, gyms, and entertainment centers.
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Thanks for your input, Manolo. We hear your concerns.
&mdash; City of West Hollywood (@WeHoCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/WeHoCity/status/1239217957735206912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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While it is not conclusive why West Hollywood has had so many COVID-19 cases, the mayor has acknowledged that one factor could be the city’s high population density – 36,854 people crammed into just 1.89 square miles. Others have speculated that some residents, many of whom are affluent, have been more likely to visit a doctor for testing, even if their symptoms were not severe.
The publisher of WEHOville, a community news source that has covered the city’s outbreak extensively, <a href="https://www.wehoville.com/2020/04/07/opinion-lets-not-let-fear-trump-facts-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/">wrote</a>: “Another inconvenience that some city officials don’t want to consider is the possible impact of the fact that 33% of our population identifies as gay men.” The outlet noted that multiple gay hookup sites had not taken measures to warn their users of the risk of contracting COVID-19 until the last week of March. WEHOville reported several other operations catering to local sexual subcultures followed suit: “…the website gay men in West Hollywood and elsewhere use to find sexual partners who don’t use condoms, now has blocked the ability of its users to announce that they are hosting sex parties. And Oink Night, the nearby organizer of gay orgies, announced that it was closing its doors.”
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City That Honored Stormy Daniels Promotes ‘Mother’s Day Online Drag Show’

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If you want to see the collapse of western civilization summarized in 30 seconds, you can’t do better than <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1233355261622063104?s=20">this viral video</a>. It shows the action at a recent drag brunch, which is an event where white liberals go to drink mimosas and watch cross dressing men dance badly to pop music. But at least one of the white liberal couples at this drag brunch decided to bring their very young daughter along for the ride. 
The girl, who looks to be maybe five or six years old, is given a place of honor right at the front. The drag queen — dressed in booty shorts, bedazzled spandex, and fake breasts — puts the child in a chair and begins dancing suggestively and crawling around on his hands and knees. At the end of the clip, he leans in and hugs the visibly confused and disturbed girl. The adults (I use the word loosely) in the room look on and cheer. 
A few observations must be made. The first is that this is obviously child abuse. I can’t imagine why anyone would care to go to a drag brunch or any other drag related event, but adults are perfectly free to make that bizarre choice if they wish. Children, though, do not and cannot consent to being exposed to this, much less participating in it, much less <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-the-people-applauding-drag-kids-are-applauding-the-sexual-abuse-of-children">performing drag themselves</a>. 
The people who defend this stuff are as incoherent as expected. Even they would agree, presumably, that you shouldn’t bring minors to a burlesque show. Yet if the burlesque performers are male, and we call them drag queens, suddenly it’s family friendly? What sort of sense does that make? In a similar way, nobody would suggest that 9-year-old girls should become burlesque performers, but some people have no problem with 9-year-old boys being recruited into the industry. This is all nonsensical.
The second thing that immediately jumps out when you watch the video is the row of men (again, term used loosely) sitting in the background with big, stupid smiles on their faces. The story of the proliferation of child sexual abuse and exploitation is, in many ways, a story of henpecked, emasculated men abdicating their roles as fathers and husbands. The man who not only tolerates but applaud this level of degeneracy is a sort of moral eunuch, having failed so utterly in his masculine duties. The appropriate response from a man when his wife suggests bringing the kids to a drag brunch is some variation of &#8220;Hell no, not gonna happen.&#8221; These men haven&#8217;t the spine or the wherewithal to protect their children&#8217;s dignity and their own. 
There is no defense for what we see in that video. A just and sane society would answer with legal force, shutting down the event and carting every adult in the room to jail. Instead, our culture responds with polite, tolerance applause. It is a disgrace.

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A small New York town of roughly 16,000 people has <a href="https://activistmommy.com/library-to-host-lgbtqia-diversity-program-after-residents-defeat-drag-queen-story-hour/">rebuffed their local library</a>, which had planned to host a Drag Queen Story Hour event on February 8.
Robin Janovich and Tom McDermott of <a href="https://ryerecord.com/drag-queen-story-hour-deferred-but-controversy-ensues/">The Rye Record</a> saw an announcement about the program at the Rye Free Reading Room (RFRR) in late January. Janovich wrote that seeing the announcement “stopped us in our editing tracks: Drag Queen Story Hour. For ages 3-8. ‘Families can celebrate difference, learn empathy, and create crafts…Kids are encouraged to celebrate diversity while building confidence in self-expression.’”
Janovich continued, “My first thought was: ‘We’re not in Kansas anymore, or in traditional library land for that matter.” But I refrained from comment because I’m an AARP member and a grandmother and maybe I’m not that edgy Manhattan sophisticate I was in my youth.’”
Some questions arose: “Are families likely to bring their young children to a program that uses drag queens to focus on inclusivity? Why are we foisting conversations on inclusivity on children that young? Are we replacing bedtime stories, which take children out of themselves and out into other, far more interesting worlds, with discussions of sexual differences when they are innocent sponges?”
Janovich continued that members of the community were also disturbed by the announcement, prompting Janovich and McDermott to attempt to contact RFRR Director Chris Shoemaker, whom she noted was out of town for the weekend.
One young grandmother in the community told Janovich that she had met with Shoemaker, then stated:
<blockquote>But I’ve had a few days to consider all the community feedback, talk with my children (who said they’d skip it), their friends, my friends, and I still believe that this program is inappropriate — and misguided. Children need to experience diversity, not have it thrown in their face. And if we’re going to present a complex issue like this, the audience members should be much older than 8 and the presenter should be an expert on sexual preference … This is not a child’s play dress-up topic to be presented to 3- to 8-year-olds and confuse their developing sense of self.</blockquote>
Later that afternoon, Janovich stated, Drag Queen Story Hour was “deferred.” She added, “Why deferred and not cancelled altogether was the resounding community response.”
Janovich said Shoemaker admitted that he had received numerous emails from Rye residents voicing their disapproval of the event, but added, “But nearly all of those emails were anonymous, so I couldn’t respond to them individually. They were form letters asking that the library be neutral in its viewpoints and not create an unwelcome environment … After looking at all the feedback and considering whether we should be using an adult performer to spread this message, I decided the library should pause and refocus on engaging different educators.”
A petition was created to get the library to reinstitute the program; the <a href="https://www.thepetitionsite.com/359/981/328/support-acceptance-and-inclusion-drag-queen-story-hour-at-rye-free-reading-room/">petition</a> cited the local residents’ &#8220;ignorance,&#8221; stating:
<blockquote>Unfortunately, DQSH has been interpreted as threatening by a small but vocal group of citizens, who, in their ignorance, have taken a children&#8217;s event about gender identity, inclusiveness, and acceptance and conflated it with sexual identity, sex work, and pedophilia. Protests have been occurring behind closed doors &#8211; through scripted statements and anonymous petitions.</blockquote>
The City of Rye’s Human Rights Commission <a href="https://www.humanrightsrye.org/news/2020/1/31/human-rights-commission-statement-on-drag-queen-story-hour-at-the-rye-free-reading-roomnbsp">stated</a>:
<blockquote>Drag Queen Story Hour is an opportunity for children to be exposed to different forms of beauty and performance. It can also help to dispel stigma and stereotypes that are so often, unfortunately and inaccurately, projected onto LGBTQ youth. The program gives children, their families and caregivers positive role models who break gender stereotypes and encourage children to be exactly who they want to be. We look forward to the Rye Free Reading Room’s reinstatement of this event.</blockquote>
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Small Town Pushes Back Against Library’s Drag Queen Event For Young Children. Now It’s A Battle.

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According to the founder of Faces Of Choice, a pro-life organization that created a prospective ad for the Super Bowl featuring survivors of abortion, Fox, which is broadcasting the game, kept delaying her request to air the spot until they finally informed her that all the spots for commercials had been taken.
Lyric Gillett stated that she started negotiating with the network last July, as the <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/29/super-bowl-ad-faces-choice-abortion-survivors-miss/">Washington Times</a> reported. A Fox spokesperson asserted that the network sold out its ad space long ago, saying, “Super Bowl LIV sold out at a record pace this year, and unfortunately we were unable to accommodate Faces of Choice and other advertisers.”
But Gillett countered that she had given the network storyboards and answered questions about her organization, only to have the sales division reply that the legal department would answer her by late November. She said, “Some individuals had apparently expressed that the sales division was not happy with the way the legal division was going in terms of not providing answers. So an executive flew up from New York and we were told Friday to expect an answer by Monday. Monday came along, we got no answer, and then found out that night that they were sold out.”
Gillett said that she asked the network to clear the ad just in case a spot opened up; she added that in mid-December she was informed an answer would come “very, very soon,” but none arrived. She stated, “It feels like the reason for that is they don’t want to, I guess in their minds, give a story that we were rejected. I guess that’s the reason behind it. Nothing else makes sense. But again, that’s unprofessional, and I don’t think that’s how they operate with other clients.”
Gillett said, “Every time we would meet a stipulation or request, it would morph into something different. I would send an email saying, ‘What else do you need to get some type of answer?’ Even if it’s a ‘no,’ we don’t want a ‘no,’ but at least we can have an answer. We never got that answer. So it’s just been a very frustrating experience.”
She added, “In an era where we’re trying to give survivors a voice, whether that is through the #MeToo movement or on any number of issues, for some reason we deem survivors of abortion worthy of being ignored into oblivion. That, to me, is both ironic but also just appalling.”
My Faith Votes has created a <a href="https://actnow.io/gLn6emB">petition</a> that states:
<blockquote>Choice is not merely a word. Choice is a person. For months, FOX TV and FOX Sports have been blocking Faces of Choice from airing an ad during Super Bowl Sunday telling the stories of abortion survivors. We have thousands of survivors of abortion in the United States, and their voices must not be silenced. Faces of Choice was told by Fox executives there weren&#8217;t any more slots available for a 30-second ad during Super Bowl Sunday, but we discovered that’s not true. There are ads spots still available.</blockquote>
Gillett concluded, “I would encourage people during the Super Bowl, if you’re willing, if you’re interested, to shut off the TV during the commercials and listen to their stories. Give them a voice.”
The Super Bowl is airing an ad from Sabra that features two drag queens, Kim Chi and Miz Cracker, from “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Jason Levine, chief marketing officer for Sabra, said, “We’re bringing a diverse group of personalities to the table and demonstrating just how incredibly versatile, relevant and relatable hummus is today. We think we’ve got something for everyone,” reported <a href="https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/rhonj-t-pain-and-rupaul-drag-race-contestants-join-forces-for-sabras-super-bowl-spot/">Ad Week</a>.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/drag-queens-make-historical-debut-during-super-bowl-liv-n1124296">NBC News</a> spoke to Bob Witeck, a marketing specialist who focuses on reaching LGBTQ audiences; he enthused that the drag queen ad was “revolutionary,” and chortled, “For queer audiences, it is an art form and an ‘outsiders’ language. Reaching the Super Bowl means taking our language into every home in the nation and millions around the world.”
Here&#8217;s the commercial from which the ad would be taken:
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The most watched event of the year, the Super Bowl, usually has some of the most highly-watched commercials of the year, and this year there’s going to be a commercial with a feature never seen before in a Super Bowl commercial: drag queens.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” alumni Kim Chi and Miz Cracker will appear in a commercial for hummus brand Sabra during breaks of the Kansas City Chiefs/ San Francisco 49ers game.
Jason Levine, chief marketing officer for Sabra, said, “We’re bringing a diverse group of personalities to the table and demonstrating just how incredibly versatile, relevant and relatable hummus is today. We think we’ve got something for everyone,” reported <a href="https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/rhonj-t-pain-and-rupaul-drag-race-contestants-join-forces-for-sabras-super-bowl-spot/">Ad Week</a>.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/drag-queens-make-historical-debut-during-super-bowl-liv-n1124296">NBC News</a> spoke to Bob Witeck, a marketing specialist who focuses on reaching LGBTQ audiences; he enthused that the ad was “revolutionary,” and chortled, “For queer audiences, it is an art form and an ‘outsiders’ language. Reaching the Super Bowl means taking our language into every home in the nation and millions around the world.”
Noting that the ad could reach 100 million people, Witeck said delightedly, “The Super Bowl is the ultimate test, when you can take chances like this and realize that the fear of drag is nothing people imagined it to be. It’s us telling our own joke about ourselves, with a sense of humor and authenticity … with luck, everyone laughs with us.”
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I’m gonna be on a super bowl commercial!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 <a href="https://t.co/lkItLPpAoZ">https://t.co/lkItLPpAoZ</a>
&mdash; Kim Chi (@KimChi_Chic) <a href="https://twitter.com/KimChi_Chic/status/1220407620822958080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/27/super-bowl-advert-sabra-hummus-drag-race-queens-miz-cracker-kim-chi/">Pink News</a> reported, “A teaser for the 30-second clip shows Cracker trying to put a football helmet over a wig while Kim Chi watches on. ‘Ready Cracker?’ Kim Chi asks. ‘Chick peas, I was born ready. I hope this doesn’t give me helmet hair.’”
In January 2019, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/how-much-it-costs-to-air-a-commercial-during-super-bowl-liii.html">CNBC</a> reported, “This year’s host network, CBS, is charging a record $5.25 million for just a 30-second spot during the championship match-up between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots, reports CNBC’s Julia Boorstin. That’s roughly $175,000 per second. The price is up slightly from last year’s $5.2 million, and $1 million more than the cost to air a commercial during the 2014 Super Bowl. In just over a decade, the price of the average Super Bowl ad has nearly doubled …&#8221;
<a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/216526/super-bowl-us-tv-viewership/">Statista</a> pointed out the 2019 Super Bowl was not the most-watched Super Bowl in history, noting, &#8220;The 2019 edition of the Super Bowl, which saw New England emerge victorious against the Los Angeles Rams in a low-scoring affair, was watched by 98.2 million viewers in the United States. The most watched Super Bowl in history is Super Bowl XLIX in 2015. This match was also won by the Patriots, this time against the Seattle Seahawks, and a record 114.4 million viewers tuned into the game.&#8221;
Whether the drag queen commercial goes viral or tanks, it will have to go a long way to match some of the most popular Super Bowl commercials of all time. Some of the most popular, with tens of millions of views, include Volkswagen’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwMWLE9fBU">The Force</a>; Budweiser’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_3lITiK_Q">Puppy Love; </a>Doritos’ “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr36VK4Wtb8">Keep Your Hands Off My Doritos</a>,” and, of course, the most famous Super Bowl commercial of them all: Apple’s 1984 commercial introducing the Macintosh.
Here’s the Apple commercial in context of the 1984 game:
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City That Honored Stormy Daniels Promotes ‘Mother’s Day Online Drag Show’

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