The long history of drag and why Republican outrage is nonsense

The long history of drag – from vaudeville to Reagan – and why right-wing outrage is nonsense · In the early 20th century, the highest paid actor ...

Opinion | Why are Republicans suddenly worried about drag?

Wilson's drag alter ego was the outrageous “Geraldine,” who made my strait-laced father laugh out loud. My father – the same man who would call ...

Why have drag acts become a source of hatred for the US ... - Quora

... rage against anything they see as a threat to their self entitled ... silly costumes and making silly demands became typical Republican rally ...

EXPLAINER: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics

FILE - Drag performer Emma Lavin, center, attempts to find middle ground with protesters against a drag queen story time outside Old Nick's ...

Commentary: How the aesthetics of drag drive the bigots mad

... a tabloid-hungry press, plus the giant social media outrage machine. Word gets out, along with your name. Drag queens are now a hot button.

Why the GOP is going to war over military drag queens - The Hill

... drag shows on military bases during hearings, on social media or other commentary. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) expressed outrage in an op-ed ...

Drag bans: Why are Republicans trying to ban drag shows?

... outraged while they [Republicans] don't tackle any real problems”. Drag bans have real consequences. Drag has long been embedded in the queer ...

What I learned about Republican hate after four drag queens ...

LGBTQ rights are under attack in America. MSNBC's Stephane Ruhle sat down with four drag queens to understand what's behind the Republican ...

What's up with the sudden "war on drag queens" in the US? - Reddit

I can't stand going to Mass now. The intolerance and anger is a constant hum in the pews. Maybe it's that I know half these people are bullying ...

Drag queen bill sets the goal posts on obscenity around only LGBTQ ...

Breathless “it's about the children” rhetoric dresses discrimination up as moral outrage ... Let's consider the long history of drag in the ...

Rep. George Santos implies he dressed in drag but denies ever ...

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., the newly sworn-in gay congressman who has sparked national outrage for fabricating parts of his resume, ...

What the George Santos drag queen denial reveals about the ...

“While his apparent lie about performing in drag is literally the least consequential of his many lies, it makes sense he feels he has to fight that one,” says ...

Why are so many conservative Republicans against drag queens ...

After drag queens, what will the Republican outrage machine come up with next? Honestly, my money's on furries. They're a group that's just ...

'Subtle and sinister': Republicans' anti-drag crusade seen as assault ...

Friends of George's members celebrate after a judge temporarily blocked a Tennessee law restricting drag performances ... Anger in Lebanon at ...

The Forgotten Queer History of Drag (feat. Bob the Drag Queen)

Conservatives are outraged by kids' exposure to drag shows and there's been an increase in protests at drag events. But drag dates all the ...

History exposes the real reason Republicans are trying to ban drag ...

For decades, conservatives were fine with sexually charged cross-dressing entertainment — so long as it reinforced traditional power structures.

GOP Rep. George Santos denies claims he performed as a drag ...

... drag that she claims is Santos. “The media continues to make outrageous claims about my life while I am working to deliver results. I will ...

The ridiculous moral panic over the Olympics' opening ceremony

... outrage from religious conservatives and politicians who believed ... Perhaps that wasn't as sacrilegious to them as drag queens having a ...

The Politics of Drag Queens - Wenglinsky Review

... a rage for drag queen events such as Drag Queen Story ... A suspicion that politicians are out to engage in false rather than true outrage ...

Republicans love to make up fake crises. Here are five of the biggest

Florida's governor (and now Republican presidential candidate) Ron DeSantis has declared a “war on woke”. ... outrageous appointments, Trump is ...