It's Obviously Immoral To Bring Your Children Around Drag Queens
/This should go without saying, but I’ll go ahead and say it: it’s immoral to bring your children around drag queens. Whether it’s Drag Queen Story Time Hour or “family-friendly” drag shows, it’s depraved.
Let’s start with the obvious: drag queens are adult entertainers. They are not invited to interact with children despite their profession; they’re invited because of their profession. They’re not invited because they’re great community leaders who just happen to have a quirky side gig, nor do they show up in a suit and tie. They are invited to entertain your children because they are adult performers. Even if all they end up doing is sitting on top of a table, in a leotard singing “Baby Shark” with their legs crossed, it’s still immoral. Would we specifically invite strippers to do the same? Perhaps that’s the next level of moral decay on the list, but it’s inappropriate either way.
As Drag Queen Kitty Demure asked in a viral video, “What in the h*ll has a drag queen ever done to make you have so much respect for them and admire them so much, other than put on makeup, and jump on the floor, and writhe around, and do sexual things on stage? I have no idea why you would want that to influence your child.” Demure goes on to say the backstage life of drag includes a lot of nudity, sex, and drugs. Why is that an avenue you would want to steer your child toward?
Even if we set aside the sexual nature of drag, it’s still not appropriate for children. “RuPaul” Andre Charles once said that drag isn’t meant to be “mainstream.” His reason: “It breaks the fourth wall, and it mocks our culture and identity: how much you have, where you’re from, your economic background. Drag mocks all of that. It’s the antithesis of mainstream.” When you send your young and malleable children to school, who are building their identities, do you intend to have a professional parody making a mockery of everything? What is drag? Consider the garish makeup, over-the-top costumes, and exaggerated nature of the performances. Drag is a minstrel show mocking womanhood and femininity. Is that what you want your sons and your daughters to learn in school?
At “A Drag Queen Christmas” show in Texas, Tayler Hansen reported about 20 children attended this “all ages welcome” event, though parental discretion was advised. That didn’t stop the drag queens from repeatedly addressing children in the crowd and thanking parents for bringing them to what one performer called a “family-friendly” show. One drag queen asked a child if he were “confused yet.” There were very sexualized dances, graphic language, and fake exposed breasts. The host was Nina West, who hosted a pride concert for Disney+, performed a pride song for Nickelodeon, and led a pride parade on an episode of Blue’s Clues, a show for preschool children.
You could argue drag is about teaching confidence and being true to yourself, but not every inclination you have should be celebrated or indulged in. As we teach children right from wrong, publicly flopping fake tits isn’t in the moral column. But if your goal is to introduce more depravity to children and blur the lines of gender, sexuality, and appropriate sexual boundaries, a drag queen is exactly who you want in your schools.
It’s hard to argue the explosion of drag is about being inclusive. How many of these organizers would be eager to have Kirk Cameron come and share his book and the gospel with their children for the sake of diversity? Cameron was recently in the news after libraries that hosted drag queen story hours rejected his request to share his books. After backlash and threats of legal action, both libraries backtracked.
Whatever happened to bringing in community leaders like doctors, police officers, firemen, etc.? When I was in elementary, I remember entrepreneurs with inspiring stories coming to speak at my school. As an author, I’ve gone to schools and read to classes. I can tell you children are easily excited and inspired, despite not having J.K. Rowling's type of success. There are so many better options for children, so why is there such a direct push for drag queens to influence them? Why should we—especially on the taxpayer dime—uplift sexual deviance?
Politicians like Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel believes drag queens are not a danger to children, and they can lift kids up when they’re having “emotional issues.” It’s not appropriate to call in adult performers to handle children when they’re emotionally or psychologically vulnerable.
If you want your children to be entertained by colorful characters in makeup and costumes, invite a clown.
And not all LGBT activists appreciate the desire to normalize drag in every facet of life. One of my Tiktok friends, a trans libertarian, lamented about how difficult it was to organize and participate in LGBT events because there was such a push to make every event with drag. Gays Against Groomers has also frequently spoken out against drag events with children. “To be extremely clear: drag is for ADULTS ONLY. Always has been, always will be.” Gays Against Groomers has been kicked off of several different platforms for their message: leave the kids alone.
GLAAD is now addressing “dragphobia,” which is absurd. Perhaps some people are quivering in their boots at the thought of men in hideous makeup, but most critics speaking out do not have a “phobia.” We have reasonable concerns about a society that so quickly wants to submerge generations of children into sexual depravity and the motivation behind these men who desire access to these malleable youths.
As stated in a previous article, the type of parents who expose their children to such perversion do so as an act of enlightenment and because they believe it makes them virtuous. “Christians baptize their children in water; progressives baptize their children in sexual expression. While Christians encourage crucifying your destructive nature, progressives teach self-worship and gratification.”
Sara Gonzales with The Blaze interviewed a few mothers who brought their children to “A Drag Christmas,” and they believed it was age appropriate. One mother downplayed the gratuitous sexual nature of the show, claiming it wasn’t far off from Disney’s content and sexual innuendos in films like Shrek (which is from Dreamworks). Though she admitted the drag show was more “forward” than Shrek’s line about “overcompensating for something,” she’s raised her children to not put a stigma on gay sex and to be body positive.
When another mother was asked about whether the simulated sex was appropriate for her 12-year-old daughter, she said, “She goes to school. She sees simulated sex all the time.” The mother said it’s important for her daughter to know about consent. “And how will she know that if she doesn’t see it in a safe way?” The mother admitted this particular show doesn’t teach what’s appropriate, but she will teach her over time.
The innocence of a child should be protected. The political left is pushing for a culture shift: there is no sexual immorality as long as there is consent. But how long will consent remain a true agreed-upon virtue? If children are old enough to have abortions without parental consent or alter their bodies for the sake of gender identity, what else might a child be able to consent to? Jesse Pocock, with Inside Out Youth Services Advocacy Organization, recently testified before Congress that twelve was the age of consent for gender transition. Clearly, true informed consent isn’t a necessity since children would not be able to truly grasp these concepts and repercussions. In the 2022 Michigan midterm election, the voters granted “every individual” the right to “all matters related to pregnancy,” not simply abortion. One has to ask, how do you get pregnant? Eleven prosecutors signed a joint letter stating “Reproductive Freedom for All” would affect laws regarding sex education, a child altering their bodies, and make it more difficult to prosecute sexual predators.
But having consent doesn’t suddenly turn something bad into something moral. If a stranger brought fake tits in front of your child and asked if they were hungry, you would probably call the cops. When a parent pays for a drag queen to do it, it’s just art.
As a society, we should not allow this depravity to continue and become as mainstream as it is. Our politicians should be ashamed to go on shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race, parents should cut Disney and Nickelodeon from their lives after uplifting Nina West, and President Joe Biden certainly shouldn’t be inviting drag queens to the white house. We must peacefully exercise a no-tolerance policy. Drag should remain obscure and undignified not a professional aspiration for children, glorified by Tyra Banks and Discovery+.
Protect our children, and fight against the moral decay of our society.
