DeSantis Admin Moves To Punish Florida Venue That Hosted ‘Sexually Explicit’ Drag Show Open To Kids
The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), moved to revoke the liquor licence of a Florida The venue where the event was held “sexually explicit” drag show A Friday complaint stated that the facility was accessible to children.
The Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation is a performance arts center that hosted a performance of “A Drag Queen Christmas” On December 28, an event was advertised as being open. “all ages” Despite Florida’s warnings about restricting attendance at performances that were sexually explicit, this was not a problem.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed an official response after the show. A complaint administrative to revoke the venue’s liquor license after determining that the performance was explicit and that there were children present.
“Governor DeSantis stands to protect the innocence of children, and the governor always follows through when he says he will do something,” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis Press secretary in a statement to Florida’s Voice News.
According to the complaint, the theater “promoted the Show using targeted, Christmas-themed promotional materials that did not provide notice as to the sexually explicit nature of the show’s performance or other content.”
“Rather than call attention to the Show’s sexually explicit content or acknowledge that it might not be appropriate for children, Respondent’s promotional material unequivocally stated ‘all ages welcome,’” The complaint continues.
According to the officials, the show’s explicit content included: exposing prosthetic breasts and female genitalia, exposing the buttocks of performers, simulated masturbation, and sexually explicit children’s Christmas songs like “Screwdolph the Red-Nippled Reindeer.”
According to the complaint, the performance infringed on several Florida statutes. The agency was forced to revoke the liquor licence. This complaint is a follow-up to an investigation Florida to several drag performances, one of which is Fort Lauderdale.
In other states, Republicans have moved to prohibit children being exposed to explicit drag shows. A bill to ban children from attending these performances was introduced earlier in the week. Advance In the Tennessee state Senate.
Republican state senator Jack Johnson introduced the proposal. Submitted The Daily Wire December, that he is “cautiously optimistic” It would be.
“I think we would all agree that some of the video we have seen recently of some of these drag shows that were quote-unquote family-friendly were anything but that. And If I had attended one of those with my kids I would have been mortified and I would have wanted someone to be prosecuted for engaging in that kind of entertainment in front of my kids,” Johnson said.
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