'Dragula' star Maxi Glamour attended a Missouri House of Representatives hearing in full drag to shut down an official over a proposed bill they say is harmful to drag performers and trans people.

I have not read the whole bill but I wonder about places like hamburger Mary’s which does give a family friendly drag show.

    • NewPerspective@lemmy.worldBanned from community
      9·
      1 year ago

      It’s rare you find a feel-good article in a conservative community. Maybe this place isn’t so bad…

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        161·
        1 year ago

        the law should not be applied by how people look. If they treat the law like that, it will get repealed. So actually in the long term it might be better to psychologically push them into making a mistake.

      • GlitterInfection@lemmy.world
        132·
        1 year ago

        They showed up in their finest work attire, which took, likely, 3 or more hours to put on.

        You know nothing of respect.

          • BadEngineering@kbin.social
            131·
            1 year ago

            No you should never show up looking like a clown for government functions, acting like one is standard practice for republicans though.

              • BadEngineering@kbin.social
                91·
                1 year ago

                I don’t really think it would make a bit of difference if they showed up in the finest suit and tie ever made. You can’t sweet talk a bigot by dressing nice and presenting a logical case against their illogical beliefs. FWIW I’m not saying all republicans are bigots or anything, but the ones behind this bill definitely are. I grew up in an extremely rural area and have been around these types of people all my life, hell there are several of them in my family unfortunately. Most of them need no other motivation than “gays make me feel yucky” to start calling for bans and worse. From my perspective, it wouldn’t matter if Jesus himself showed up in a gleaming suit of gold and testified against this bill. It wouldn’t change the minds of the people trying to pass it.

                Edit: spelling

              • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
                21·
                1 year ago

                The average rural voter was already voting to ban drag.

                The fence sitters seeing a drag performer being humanized is good enough for me.