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Wed Dec 28, 2022, 02:56 PM Dec 2022

Florida investigating 'Drag Queen Christmas' show. It was billed as 'adult content.'

Miami Herald via Yahoo News


Florida’s top business regulators are investigating complaints against “A Drag Queen Christmas” annual event in Fort Lauderdale that, according to the organizer, required attendees who were minors to be accompanied by a parent and warned about “adult themes and content.”

It is the second time this year in which Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is scrutinizing a drag queen performance for allegedly exposing children to a “sexually explicit performance.” Both politically tinged investigations stemmed from complaints that were amplified by conservative activists on social media.

The investigations come as Republicans across the country increasingly criticize drag performances, which often involve entertainers dressing in provocative costumes and enacting choreographed impersonations of famous people of another gender.

DeSantis, who is widely believed to be considering a run for president in 2024, has vowed to hold accountable businesses that expose children to “sexualized content,” and his office has hinted at potential criminal charges, though none have been filed.

“Exposing children to sexually explicit activity is a crime in Florida, and such action violates the Department’s licensing standards for operating a business and holding a liquor license,” DeSantis spokesperson Bryan Griffin wrote in a statement posted to Twitter Tuesday. The statement was first shared with the conservative blog The Floridian.
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Florida investigating 'Drag Queen Christmas' show. It was billed as 'adult content.' (Original Post) In It to Win It Dec 2022 OP
Wrong DeSadist was OK exposing children, and public in general, to deadly COVID virus Timeflyer Dec 2022 #1

Timeflyer

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1. Wrong DeSadist was OK exposing children, and public in general, to deadly COVID virus
Wed Dec 28, 2022, 03:40 PM
Dec 2022

that killed millions of real people. Crowing about the phony "free state of Florida" and kissing up to Christofascists by bullying LGBTQ and teachers in public schools--gotta stop--if I go on, BP will soar and my hair will catch fire.

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