LGBTQ defenders in Texas are mobilizing to protect their communities amid sustained far right attacks on drag shows.
in advance of protests. Drag performers who can’t afford pricey private security services, however, are finding they can rely directly on the community itself.
Drag performer and show coordinator Daphne Rio recalls how LGBTQ-aligned community defense groups showed up to defend her drag brunch event last month. “It’s often that drag is the first go-to when anything is needed, whether it’s help in situations or charities and benefits, we’re usually at the forefront and the first to be asked to help out with that, and that I think is part of our responsibility in taking on a public [persona].
Moreover, the energy among Neidert’s protest coalition appears to be waning. Their showing at drag events in Dallas and Princeton in January was significantly fewer than what this reporter witnessed of the coalition’s protests of drag events in Katy, San Antonio and Grand Prairie. Despite the far right protesters’ relatively small presence outside the Princeton community center, Princeton Texas Diverse’s Kusterbeck said he was similarly grateful for the attendance of armed Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club members, despite negative comments on his group’s social media pages. Many attendees of the drag bingo event later told him they felt safer with Elm Fork there, even though Princeton police were also monitoring the scene.
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