Drag queens became the target of a new wave of anti-LGBTQ activism across the world in 2022, as prime-time success met far-right protests. ✍️ PatrickStrud
in December that drag queens reading to children is a “violation of my constitutional rights, even if it’s not my kid”.
The cry of drag opponents rests on an old lie: that gay men pose a threat to children, to family life, and therefore to the decent foundations of Western society. They project what anti-LGBTQ folk have always projected onto this community: sex and deviancy. The wearing of make-up, skirts, or bras becomes in this mindset inherently sexual. Love and acceptance is never mentioned. Female drag queens, now rising in numbers and appearing on, are ignored.
“I’ve got a mark on my mobile number, my address, and my boyfriend’s number, so if either of us call 999, the police come straight to the location without really having to explain why,” he said. The day we spoke, he had already received two threatening calls. He detailed a typical example. The purpose, for Samuel, is clear. “It’s a type of censorship,” he said, “like a second Section 28. And it’s getting worse. I’ve got protection for my personal safety hidden in different parts of my house, just in case I ever get barged in on in the middle of the night. I fear for my life. It’s a horrible thing to have to say out loud.”
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