{"id":1940865,"date":"2023-05-30T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-furries-and-drag-queens-upset-after-gop-laws-force-them-to-exclude-minors\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:22:42","slug":"heartbreaking-furries-and-drag-queens-upset-after-gop-laws-force-them-to-exclude-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-furries-and-drag-queens-upset-after-gop-laws-force-them-to-exclude-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP laws force Furries and Drag Queens to exclude minors, causing heartbreak."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fheartbreaking-furries-and-drag-queens-upset-after-gop-laws-force-them-to-exclude-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=1940865&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--><h2>Controversy Surrounds Laws Banning Sexualized Performances in Front of Children<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>An LGBT protest \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recent laws in Florida and Tennessee have banned children from attending live performances that depict or simulate nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stone-claims-desantis-drag-show-crackdown-sucked-pleasure-out-of-lifes-little-joys\/\" title=\"Rolling Stone Claims DeSantis\u2019 Drag Show Crackdown \u2018Sucked Pleasure\u2019 Out Of \u2018Life\u2019s Little Joys\u2019\">specific sexual activities<\/a>. While these laws aim to protect children, they have sparked outrage among some adults who engage in sexualized animal role-play and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-arkansas-dropped-10k-on-virtual-drag-show-for-students\/\" title=\"University Of Arkansas Dropped K On Virtual Drag Show For Students\">drag performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The &#8220;Furry&#8221; Community Reacts<\/h3>\n<p>The Orlando &#8220;furry&#8221; convention Megaplex has been particularly affected by the Florida law, which has forced the event to become adult-only. &#8220;Furries&#8221; are people who wear animal costumes and role-play as anthropomorphized animals. While many &#8220;furries&#8221; deny their interest is sexual, the majority of them report being sexually attracted to animals. Convention organizers have even linked to a site that discusses the &#8220;hotly contested topic&#8221; of bestiality among &#8220;furries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/furry-fury-convention-18-reaction-desantis-law-heartbreaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Megaplex&#8217;s reaction to the Florida law on Fox News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/12\/10\/7362321\/9-questions-about-furries-you-were-too-embarrassed-to-ask\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about the &#8220;furry&#8221; community on Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Drag Performers Face Similar Challenges<\/h3>\n<p>In Tennessee, drag performers are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-teachers-go-on-strike-for-pay-increases-more-educators-of-color\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Teachers Go On Strike For Pay Increases, More \u2018Educators Of Color\u2019\">facing challenges due<\/a> to a law that prevents minors from attending sexual performances. While the law aims to protect children, drag performers and activists are unhappy that children&#8217;s access to drag shows could be limited. Enforcement of the law is currently pending federal litigation.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em> attempted to tie the legislation to far-right groups such as the Proud Boys.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/28\/us\/politics\/tennessee-drag-pride-month.html?partner=slack&#038;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heartbreaking-furries-and-drag-queens-upset-after-gop-laws-force-them-to-exclude-minors\/\" title=\"GOP laws force Furries and Drag Queens to exclude minors, causing heartbreak.\">controversy surrounding drag performances<\/a> in Tennessee on The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>performance&#8221; that includes sexualized animal role-play or exaggerated caricatures of women. This has sparked outrage among adults who engage in such activities, as they fear they may be prevented from performing in front of children due to the new law. The law, known as the Protection of Children Act, was recently implemented in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":1940866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[5623,7069,10535,4649,27932,6203,18077,7750,7497,7071],"class_list":["post-1940865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-causing","tag-drag","tag-exclude","tag-force","tag-furries","tag-gop","tag-heartbreak","tag-laws","tag-minors","tag-queens"],"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\/1940865","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\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1940866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}