There is a lot of outrage over viral vio footage pictg ltle children beg entertaed by drag queens a gay bar.
Contents:
- WHY ARE PEOPLE SO SURPRISED THAT LTLE CHILDREN WERE ENTERTAED BY DRAG QUEENS A GAY BAR?
- DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
- THE TERACTN OF DRAG QUEENS AND GAY MEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPAC
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO SURPRISED THAT LTLE CHILDREN WERE ENTERTAED BY DRAG QUEENS A GAY BAR?
* drag queens that arent gay *
All drag queens are 's te that the majory of drag queens are gay, but there is a small mory of queens who are straight. That said, ’s been around for so many years that the performanc are practilly mastream — many a documentary has been ma about drag culture and drag queens and drag performanc are often a part of gay/queer nights, fundraisers, and other events.
The other night I was at a bar for a gay night and a portn of the eveng featured drag queens.
Drag queens, otherwise known as “female impersonators, " are most typilly gay cisgenr men (though there are many drag queens of varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti) who perform and enterta on stage nightclubs and bars. Although ’s unclear exactly why, drag kgs are ls mon gay muni, and are also ls visible popular culture and rearch on drag. That started to change the late 1960s and ’70s durg the sexual revolutn, when drag beme more proment wh gay male muni, and eventually, thanks part to RuPl, a part of popular culture.
DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
In my g-of-age years, they were always the gay bars, hostg benefs, speakg out, and reprentg. That's now, seems like every RuPul's Drag Race nttant floods social ... * drag queens that arent gay *
Moncrieff & Lienard relay that the gay muni which drag was born serve as a backdrop due to their exclive and protected nature that was once necsary for the survival of the muni. In the study, Moncrieff & Lienard surveyed 133 gay men along wh a ntrol group of heterosexual men and women, about their perceptns of drag queens.
It is thought that this part due to the donng of overtly feme attire and stereotypil behavrs which are seen as ls sirable tras among gay men. They also risk beg discrimated agast not only public, but also wh the gay muny. The ma takeaway om the study is the hypothis that drag performers are motivated, spe the many sts, by how signalg, or performg wh the gay muny, promot “upward mobily” and stat wh a small, protected muny.
THE TERACTN OF DRAG QUEENS AND GAY MEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPAC
The rearch fdgs scribed here shed some light on potential motivatg factors of those who perform drag, at least through the ey of some the gay muny. Kenya was performg at Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida the night of the horrific attack that took the liv of 49 people. There is a lot of outrage over viral vio footage pictg ltle children beg entertaed by drag queens a gay bar.
Scen like this have been mon at gay pri events for many years, wh full parental approval.