The American Civil Liberties Union Has a 'Drag Defense Fund' Starring RuPaul and MTV
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In April, during the Season 15 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race, winner Sasha Colby (not the man pictured above) called on viewers to support the ‘Drag Defense Fund,’ a new initiative of the American Civil Liberties Union.
“A joint effort with MTV, Drag Race, and production company World of Wonder, the fund was launched to defend the constitutional rights and creative expression of LGBTQ people,” explains page 32 of the fall issue of ACLU Magazine.
Apparently, drag shows are an endangered species. “In 2023, state legislatures have introduced more than 470 anti-LGBTQ bills, some of which restrict drag shows,” the article continues.
Conflating laws against the child-sterilizing puberty blocker cult and the boys and men cheating at sports with ordinances against sexualized public drag performances makes it sound like a veritable epidemic of hate is happening out there, doesn’t it?
In fact, the attacks on drag are not even r…
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