{"id":1701653,"date":"2022-10-18T19:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701653"},"modified":"2022-10-18T19:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:34:22","slug":"oregon-bar-to-have-child-drag-queen-perform-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-bar-to-have-child-drag-queen-perform-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Bar To Have Child Drag Queen Perform This Weekend"},"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\">20<\/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%2Foregon-bar-to-have-child-drag-queen-perform-this-weekend%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=1701653&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>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/oregon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon<\/a> bar is set to have a child drag queen perform this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Old Nick\u2019s Pub in Eugene, Oregon, will host an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldnickspub.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a> on Sunday, October 23, featuring an 11-year-old child drag performer called Vanellope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you excited for Drag queen story time brunch this Sunday morning!? Well, lets [sic] meet our performers! Vanellope is here to show you what a 11 year old drag queen can do,\u201d the pub wrote in a Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oldnickseugene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> advertising the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all the charm and sweetness of a bowl of sugary cereal, Vanellope is here to brighten up your morning with all her drag talent,\u201d the post adds.<\/p>\n<p>The event is open to all ages and is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Old Nick\u2019s Pub has hosted Vanellope. She is seen in several Facebook videos posted to what appears to be her mother\u2019s page dancing in drag at what seems to be the same pub\u00a0as people in the crowd hand her tips.<\/p>\n<p>The pub also hosts Drag Queen Story Hour events featuring Vanellope, as well as\u00a0drag burlesque events with adult drag queens that do not include the young performer.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook user named Sunshine Ray MacPherson, who appears dressed in drag with Vanellope in several of her own posts, posted a comment saying that critics will \u201chave to come through ME her MOTHER,\u201d as well as a \u201chorde of queens\u201d and the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n<p>Old Nick\u2019s Pub eventually restricted comments on the Facebook post after it attracted criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The pub accused critics of sexualizing the child performer and remarked in one Facebook comment, \u201cit all boils down to fundamental misogyny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Old Nick\u2019s Pub said in another Facebook post that Vanellope is being \u201ctargeted by a hate campaign\u201d and urged patrons to \u201ccome pack the house\u201d on Sunday in support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t our first rodeo with hate,\u201d the pub wrote. \u201cOur space receives constant letters from bigoted religious organizations who call us all sorts of weird names.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think she\u2019s gonna be a star on the big screen someday, so if you can come pack the house on Sunday and show her how loved and supported she is, we will force the darkness out once again with our light,\u201d Old Nick\u2019s Pub said.<\/p>\n<p>The pub said it will have extra security on hand for the event and that the Eugene Police Department has already been alerted.<\/p>\n<p>Old Nick\u2019s Pub did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This particular bar is not the first one to spark outrage over mixing children and drag performances.<\/p>\n<p>In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/2022\/06\/06\/videos-show-small-children-dancing-with-drag-queens-giving-them-money-at-gay-pride-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shocking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylerUSA\/status\/1533129203935236103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1533129203935236103%7Ctwgr%5E96bba27b1760389b0923841498364011fd25239e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftennesseestar.com%2F2022%2F06%2F06%2Fvideos-show-small-children-dancing-with-drag-queens-giving-them-money-at-gay-pride-event%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">footage<\/a> from\u00a0a gay bar in Dallas showed small children dancing and handing tips to scantily-clad drag queens who could be seen gyrating.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, another 11-year-old drag performer known as \u201cDesmond is Amazing\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bq52xEjhYgU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed<\/a>\u00a0at night at a gay bar in New York City for tips, sparking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/family-drag-kid-desmond-11-investigated-authorities-211527832.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds<\/a> of complaints to Child Protective Services.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in several states including Florida, Arizona, and Texas\u00a0have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/06\/16\/1105544325\/drag-shows-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed<\/a> banning children from certain drag shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oregon bar is set to have a child drag queen perform this weekend. Old Nick\u2019s Pub in Eugene, Oregon, will host an event on Sunday, October 23, featuring an 11-year-old child drag performer called Vanellope. \u201cAre you excited for Drag queen story time brunch this Sunday morning!? Well, lets [sic] meet our performers! Vanellope &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1701653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701653","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1701653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1701653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1701653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1701653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1701653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}