If your concern is truly with the children and protecting them from sexual abuse then you should focus your attention on people with conservative viewpoints.
Here is a growing list of USA Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers:
> site:lemmy.world still not a drag queen
The phrase "Still not a drag queen" appears frequently on the Lemmy.world platform.
This phrase is often used as a comment on posts discussing arrests, scandals, or accusations, particularly involving individuals who are not drag queens or transgender people. Some users might be employing this phrase to highlight the perceived hypocrisy of focusing on drag queens or transgender individuals in relation to such incidents, while ignoring those in more traditionally respected positions. The phrase seems to be a reaction to the public discourse surrounding drag and transgender people, where they are often wrongly associated with such incidents in media narratives or political rhetoric.
Many conservatives who target drag shows believe drag and cross dressing are inherently sexual or inappropriate for children so I think skepticism is warranted.
The TCPalm spoke to some attendees [0] who said the bar does ensure minors are not present for the adult-only shows, which take place later in the evening.
It's too late to edit my comment, but to clarify, I meant skepticism of these comments by the attorney general, not of the restaurant that hosted the show.
This is a nationwide phenomena. Many articles have been written on it.
My own small town on the edge of the Chicago suburbs has a group of zealots that protest drag shows all over the suburban area (always small towns on the edge of the burbs, never major towns).
All of these arguments listed in this thread and articles about the right wing losing their shit about drag shows have been trotted out by these folks at the local city council meetings.
This is not just silly, these folks are dangerous. Nobody seems to appreciate it yet. But when these protests and city council meeting nuisances started, so did vandalism of places hosting these events. Then came the bomb threats to all the local libraries which hosted drag story hour. You can probably imagine how this may escalate.
