America owes drag queens a huge apology.
Drag queens have had to endure a long season of being mispresented, taken out of context, threatened with of violence, being scapegoated by ridiculous laws outlawing their art, and basic fearmongering about how they were sexually grooming kids to turn them transgender or something or another.
And what has come out of all of this? Nothing negative about the drag queens, but consistent news stories about church leaders, Republicans leaders, and other supposedly upstanding members of the community being caught sexually harming kids.
Don't even get me started on the Epstein Files.
Taking all of this into account, an argument could be made that perhaps kids are safer with drag queens than with youth leaders, church leaders, and elected officials.
That's not fair. It's wrong to generalize about church leaders and elected officials because of the actions of a few of them.
But that's exactly what's been done to drag queens. And what's more, much of the finger pointing was conjured up by cherry-picked photos and videos (see list of articles below post) and the general naivety of people to instantly trust something on social media, all brought together by wannabe social media influencers with a nasty agenda in mind.
In truth, drag is an art. It can be adult-oriented, but a lot of times, it's not. It involves having multiple skills, talent, and discipline. Drag queens generally make their own costumes, create their names, and performance routines. Aside from that, they also freely donate their time and talent at prides, various charity events, reading to children, and (for those who are constantly asking such leading questions) at hospitals and nursing homes.
The narrative that drag queens are a part of some plot to "sexualize kids" is yet another time in which homophobes have successfully played upon fears that LGBTQ people are out to "sexually recruit" kids. It's a noxious lie in itself, but it goes beyond sad in the case of the anti-drag queen hysteria.
While certain disgusting, low-budget sons of bitches (it's the politest way I can describe certain people) were pointing fingers at drag queens, children were being victimized by other folks. While folks were attempting to get clout, engagement or some sort of fake fulfillment for their pathetically empty lives by screaming "leave the kids alone," children were being victimized, but not by the people they were screaming at. While lawmakers were on crusade against drag queens for votes and attention, children were being sexually molested, but not by drag queens.
While all of these idiots were busy chasing imaginary monsters draped in sequins and mascara, wigs and rainbow flags, real monsters were having their way with kids. Just think about what harm could have been prevented if these folks actually did care about children instead of screaming at, vilifying, and threatening drag queens.
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