{"id":1542250,"date":"2022-07-07T05:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542250"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:04:27","slug":"nevada-dem-senator-quietly-honors-drag-queen-for-working-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-dem-senator-quietly-honors-drag-queen-for-working-with-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Dem Senator Quietly Honors Drag Queen for Working With Children"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnevada-dem-senator-quietly-honors-drag-queen-for-working-with-children%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=1542250&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--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Catherine Cortez Masto presents award to self-described &#8216;faglicious homo&#8217; for hosting &#8216;Drag Queen Story Time&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tSen. Catherine Cortez Masto staffer presents award to &#8220;Miss Ginger Devine&#8221; (Via Twitter)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 July 7, 2022 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Nevada Democratic senator Catherine Cortez Masto quietly honored a drag queen and self-described &#8220;faglicious homo&#8221; for his years of work with children at a local library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During a June 26 &#8220;Drag Queen Story Time&#8221; event in Reno, Masto&#8217;s office presented a &#8220;certificate of commemoration&#8221; to drag queen Miss Ginger Devine, a Washoe County Library <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashoeLibrary\/status\/1541181336135671810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541486897817497601%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenevadaglobe.com%2Farticles%2Fvulnerable-nv-dems-focus-on-abortion-and-drag-shows-for-kids%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>tweet<\/span><\/a><span> shows. Devine, who also goes by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemistmovement.org\/history-of-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Reverend Divine<\/span><\/a><span> and whose real name is Christopher Daniels, has performed as a drag queen in the Reno area for more than a decade and has read to children at local libraries since at least 2019. In a 2010 blog post, Daniels <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110811063015\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/nature-vs-nurture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>described himself<\/span><\/a><span> as a &#8220;Broadway loving, Project Runway watching, rainbow scarf wearing, footlong Subway sandwich eating faglicious homo.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cortez Masto has yet to publicly promote her award to Daniels and did not interact with the library&#8217;s tweet that revealed the honor, suggesting the Democrat is hesitant to weigh in on the controversial &#8220;Drag Queen Story Time&#8221; program as she faces a difficult reelection bid against Republican Adam Laxalt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the same day as the library&#8217;s event with Daniels, for example, Cortez Masto <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenCortezMasto\/status\/1541203959217618944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1541203959217618944%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenevadaglobe.com%2Farticles%2Fvulnerable-nv-dems-focus-on-abortion-and-drag-shows-for-kids%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>accused Republicans<\/span><\/a><span> of working to end same-sex marriage and pledged to stand with &#8220;LGBTQ communities.&#8221; But the senator has refrained from discussing more hot-button, &#8220;culture war&#8221; issues such as drag queen story hours and critical race and gender theory, even as she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/incredible-advocates-nevada-dem-praises-group-that-called-to-defund-police-teach-crt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>praises far-left activists<\/span><\/a><span> who say Nevada &#8220;should be teaching&#8221; critical race theory in public schools. Laxalt, meanwhile, has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamLaxalt\/status\/1471277583194935299?s=20&#038;t=mI9J6_0GmxdK-pU2tl1nJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> to keep critical race theory out of the state&#8217;s schools and &#8220;protect students and teachers from indoctrinated bigotry.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cortez Masto did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Prior to his drag career, Daniels attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he minored in LGBT Studies and Women&#8217;s Studies and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110811063703\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/employment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110811063703\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/employment&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657219074158000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2ZILdjCB4xnUAbhIdhFAax\">worked<\/a> for Sex Out Loud, a campus organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sexoutloudwi\/status\/1320765057920323585?s=20&#038;t=A4iHV28TotlArcacVlEJgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/sexoutloudwi\/status\/1320765057920323585?s%3D20%26t%3DA4iHV28TotlArcacVlEJgw&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657219074158000&#038;usg=AOvVaw01l5mm3ZpRLbaQPTa3_vpE\">teaches students<\/a> &#8220;all about the world of kink, including role play, kinky toys, and bondage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For years, Daniels wrote and managed a &#8220;Confessions of a Drag Queen&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110830072637\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110830072637\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657219074158000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2yViVH7LCKF1B0SzMHgzmW\">blog<\/a> that detailed his experiences as a performer in Reno. In one post, Daniels <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110812044412\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/straight-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110812044412\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/straight-men&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657219074158000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1j3P6nho_8wkTJhK5Os1_V\">discussed<\/a> how he &#8220;get[s] so much more action as a drag queen&#8221; than he does &#8220;as a guy.&#8221; In another, Daniels <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110817005859\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/80s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110817005859\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/80s&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657219074158000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0VKwtbJ-0--IyofX6nW_Nh\">wrote<\/a> that he &#8220;almost got into a fight with a 10 year old&#8221; at a Reno roller rink and arcade\u2014where he said the &#8220;average individual in the establishment was 8\u2033\u2014because a &#8220;band of stupid 10 year old boys&#8221; objected to his song request of Cyndi Lauper&#8217;s &#8220;Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Now \u2026 I am not entirely sure what happened next. I think it was the combination of flashing strobe lights, the pain in my calves from bracing myself on the floor, or perhaps Mars was in retrograde but I basically went off on this ten year [sic] and started screaming and ranting while skating around the rink. From what I remember it went something like this,&#8221; Daniels recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;\u2018Uh excuse me you prepubescent choir boy. What the fuck are you doing? What the fuck can you do?'&#8221; Daniels asked the child. &#8220;\u2018I can buy porn, cigarettes, and liquor and enjoy them at my leisure if I desire. I can drive, vote, and gamble if I want to. Join the 21st century you 8 year old Justin Bieber worshiping wannabe. Cyndi Lauper is TIMELESS so shut the fuck up and sit down.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to his rousing roller rink stories, Daniels has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110811060923\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/cable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>dismissed concerns<\/span><\/a><span> from the &#8220;parental units of America&#8221; that sexually explicit materials are &#8220;influencing the young impressionable minds of the youth.&#8221; Daniels called the complaint &#8220;bullshit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I would really like the parents of America who are outraged to remove the pole from your sphincter and get the fuck over it,&#8221; Daniels <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110811060923\/http:\/\/www.missgingerdevine.com\/blog\/tag\/cable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in 2010. &#8220;Are you kidding me with all of this? Take a look around. Television shows are increasingly featuring more violence, more sex, and more foul language; a reflection of our society which as of late has more violence, more sex, and swears a hell of a lot more.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Daniels has also delivered &#8220;sermons&#8221; as &#8220;Reverend Divine&#8221; at Reno&#8217;s Center for Spiritual Living, a religious science group that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cslreno.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>believes<\/span><\/a><span> &#8220;in the healing of the sick through the power of this Mind.&#8221; In a 2017 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_20D82O_yQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>appearance<\/span><\/a><span> at the center, Daniels called drag queens &#8220;God&#8217;s sacred messengers on this earth.&#8221; The comment came after Daniels retired from performing as a drag queen in 2014\u2014roughly five years later, he returned as Miss Ginger Devine in a show he called &#8220;The Come On Her Back Tour.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;When all of a sudden, God parts the clouds and he shines a light and tells you to take your wig off the shelf, don your best hooker heels, and go to church, you don&#8217;t question the good Lord, you just do,&#8221; Daniels said in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Daniels did not return a request for comment on his award from Cortez Masto. The incumbent Democrat will face Laxalt in November after both candidates handily won their June primary elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto presents award to self-described &#8216;faglicious homo&#8217; for hosting &#8216;Drag Queen Story Time&#8217;  Sen. 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