{"id":1503778,"date":"2022-06-05T08:35:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1503778"},"modified":"2022-06-05T08:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T12:35:15","slug":"dallas-gay-bars-drag-display-for-kids-obscene-indication-draws-angry-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dallas-gay-bars-drag-display-for-kids-obscene-indication-draws-angry-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Gay Bar\u2019s Drag Display For Kids, Obscene Indication Draws Angry Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdallas-gay-bars-drag-display-for-kids-obscene-indication-draws-angry-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1503778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dallas\">Dallas<\/a> gay bar is under fire for hosting an afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/they-are-actively-grooming-children-parents-confront-school-board-over-drag-show-as-more-staffers-placed-on-leave\">drag show for children<\/a> Saturday where kids were invited onstage and tipped performers in front of a neon sign bearing an obscene message.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDrag the Kids to Pride\u201d show at the Mr. Misster bar was billed as a \u201cfamily-friendly\u201d version of the bar\u2019s regular \u201cChampagne Drag Brunch.\u201d During Saturday\u2019s event, drag performers danced with and took dollar bills from some of the children, according to ABC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/dallas-family-friendly-kids-drag-show-mr-misster-protest\/287-c7984c66-6141-4690-97b1-ec0b9882b4bb\">WFAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want to hit the stage with the queens?\u201d read a promotion for the event. \u201cWe have FIVE limited spots for young performers to take the stage solo, or with a queen of their choosing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Images from inside the club went viral and showed performers and children in front of a neon sign that read \u201cIt\u2019s not gonna lick itself!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s not ok to tell kids &#8220;it&#8217;s not gonna lick itself&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h7GHg3djJj\">https:\/\/t.co\/h7GHg3djJj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timcast\/status\/1533190706155634689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside the club, protesters gathered to complain that the event was grooming children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI live in this community,\u201d a woman who gave her name as Dasy and was holding a sign that said, \u201cStop grooming children,\u201d told WFAA. \u201cI have for several years. I don\u2019t believe that I should be seeing signs advertising for children to be dancing on stage with men in thongs and in inappropriate clothing and makeup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A group called \u201cProtect Texas Kids\u201d protested outside and said it had hoped to scuttle the event as soon as it heard about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mission was to raise awareness that an event like this, a drag show for children, was happening right in Dallas,\u201d the organization said in a statement. \u201cWe also hoped that if we raised awareness, the event might be canceled or modified so that children couldn\u2019t be present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Although Protect Texas Kids said Dallas police removed children and families from inside the bar, police officials told WFAA they were on hand only for crowd control.<\/p>\n<p>Online, critics were even more outspoken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c7 year olds tipping drag queens and hanging out in a 21 and up bar &#038; the Dallas Police dept is letting it happen \u2026 why not enforce the law?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexstein99\/status\/1533148866853363712?s=20&#038;t=8Aa3LYc5zzGmS8m5n3bwOw\">tweeted Alex Stein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened in Dallas today with the children at the drag show was pure evil,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectionWiz\/status\/1533205819596148741?s=20&#038;t=8Aa3LYc5zzGmS8m5n3bwOw\">tweeted Election Wizard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After the event, the bar released a statement claiming it was raising money for a local LGBTQ+ youth organization and accused protesters of being \u201ctransphobic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are more than happy to open our doors to celebrate Pride in a family friendly, safe environment, separate from our normal operations of 2 p.m. \u2013 2 a.m. on Saturdays because we believe that everyone should have a space to be able to celebrate who they are,\u201d the statement read. \u201cMr. Misster is a place where everyone is welcome to feel accepted, safe and included. We had a group of protestors outside yelling homophobic threats, transphobic remarks and vile accusations at these children and parents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dallas gay bar is under fire for hosting an afternoon drag show for children Saturday where kids were invited onstage and tipped performers in front of a neon sign bearing an obscene message. The \u201cDrag the Kids to Pride\u201d show at the Mr. Misster bar was billed as a \u201cfamily-friendly\u201d version of the bar\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1503797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}