{"id":1717602,"date":"2022-10-31T06:08:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717602"},"modified":"2022-10-31T07:03:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:03:59","slug":"josh-shapiro-sponsored-drag-queen-event-that-gave-service-hours-to-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-shapiro-sponsored-drag-queen-event-that-gave-service-hours-to-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Shapiro Sponsored Drag Queen Event That Gave &#8220;Service Hours&#8221; to Minors"},"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%2Fjosh-shapiro-sponsored-drag-queen-event-that-gave-service-hours-to-minors%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=1717602&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 href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/flashback-pa-gubernatorial-candidate-josh-shapiro-demanded-big-tech-censor-criticism-of-covid-vaccine\">Josh Shapiro<\/a>, the Democratic candidate running for governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-ag-josh-shapiro-refuses-formal-debate-offer-from-sen-doug-mastriano\">Pennsylvania<\/a>, attended an event called GayBINGO! In November 2009, which featured <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/drag-queen-story-hour-is-the-intentional-queering-of-early-childhood-education\">drag queens<\/a> skating around and entertaining the crowd, including &#8220;children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A photo posted to social media shows then-State Representative Shapiro guffawing on stage next to one of the drag queens as bingo numbers are read. The caption to the photo reads, &#8220;Rep. Shapiro sponsored a game of BINGO for the AIDS Fund Philly&#8217;s monthly GayBINGO! Event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/original_ShapiroEvent.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/epgn.com\/2009\/04\/02\/2233238-volunteers-take-center-stage-at-gaybingo\/\">Philadelphia Gay News<\/a>, the event featured &#8220;campy entertainment&#8221; that was guided by &#8220;antics of the drag-queens-on-skates Bingo-Verifying Divas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event had children in attendance according to the outlet, as &#8220;Trish Houck and her children, Leah and Eric&#8221; were given awards for volunteer efforts as both children started volunteering for GayBINGO! when they started high school. Their mother, Trish, had heard about GayBINGO! from a PBS Documentary on the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120205055526\/http:\/\/www.joshshapiro.org\/2009\/11\/\">An archived record<\/a> of the event exists on the Internet Archive.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro&#8217;s opponent, Republican candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-doug-mastriano-blasts-bidens-fbi-for-armed-swat-team-raid-of-pro-life-activist-in-front-of-young-family\">Doug Mastriano<\/a>, has criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/doug-mastriano-calls-out-josh-shapiro-for-his-failure-and-incompetence-as-pa-attorney-general\">Shapiro<\/a>, who is currently the state&#8217;s attorney general, for his support of radical gender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-doug-mastriano-calls-out-pennsylvania-doctors-over-trans-youth-agenda-experiments-on-homeless-children\">Real America&#8217;s Voice host David Brody<\/a> on October 20, Mastriano specifically called Shapiro out for failing to speak out against the experimentation on foster children being conducted by doctors associated with Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Campaign, an activist group known for its strong <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/human-rights-group-celebrates-medical-transitioning-of-children-in-childrens-philadelphia-endorses-josh-shapiro\">support of the medical transition of children<\/a>, endorsed Josh Shapiro for governor of Pennsylvania in early October, just months after it awarded the Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia an award for excellence in LGBTQ+ healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Shapiro also advocated to allow students to use the bathroom that they <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/flashback-pa-democrat-josh-shapiro-filed-briefs-to-demand-trans-access-to-girls-bathrooms\">claim aligns with their gender identity<\/a>, not their biological sex, while he served as the state\u2019s attorney general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Shapiro, the Democratic candidate running for governor of Pennsylvania, attended an event called GayBINGO! 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