Texas LGBT group cancels drag show due to fundraising difficulties: ‘quite embarrassing’
A Night of a Thousand Drag Queens: Dallas Pride’s Unfortunate Setback
A Texas LGBT organization had an ambitious plan to fill the streets of Dallas with vibrant drag queens, but their dreams were shattered when they couldn’t gather enough funds to make it happen.
Dallas Pride had organized a spectacular event called “A Night of a Thousand Drag Queens” on August 26th. The purpose was to protest a new law that would soon come into effect, banning sexualized performances in the presence of children.
“Unfortunately, Dallas Pride must announce the August 26 Street Party has been cancelled,” the organization shared on its website. ”The bottom line is the funding just did not come together. These kinds of events are very expensive to produce here in Dallas. As a 501c3, we have a fiduciary duty to spend our funding wisely, and since we were not able to obtain enough sponsorship for the event, we were forced to cancel it.”
Christine Bengston, the interim executive director of Dallas Pride, expressed her disappointment, stating that they had aimed to raise $75,000 for the event. She admitted feeling a sense of embarrassment that they couldn’t generate enough funds.
“We were hoping and were billing it as a last hurrah to come fill the street with drag queens,” Bengston said. “We thought that people would come together. Well, it didn’t work.”
The law, known as S.B. 12, was signed by Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) in June and is set to take effect in September. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick specifically targeted drag queen shows when advocating for the bill’s passage.
“It is shocking to me that any parent would allow their young child to be sexualized by drag shows,” Patrick expressed after the bill was approved in May. “Children, who cannot make decisions on their own, must be protected from this scourge facing our state.”
A coalition of liberal and LGBT groups, including the ACLU of Texas, have filed lawsuits in an attempt to strike down the law.
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