{"id":1959179,"date":"2023-06-28T12:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-google-employees-protest-official-team-event-drag-show-google-retreats\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:21:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T16:21:49","slug":"christian-google-employees-protest-official-team-event-drag-show-google-retreats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-google-employees-protest-official-team-event-drag-show-google-retreats\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Google employees protest a drag show planned as an official team event. Google backs down."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fchristian-google-employees-protest-official-team-event-drag-show-google-retreats%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=1959179&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>Google Removes Controversial Event from LGBTQ+ Calendar<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, a group of Christian employees and others at Google voiced their opposition to an upcoming &#8220;Pride and Drag Show&#8221; that was set to be an official team event. In response to the petition, Google made the decision to remove the event from the list of LGBTQ+ events in California and relocated it to an onsite gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The show, featuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/church-fires-drag-dressing-pastor-featured-in-hbos-drag-queen-series\/\" title=\"Church Fires Drag Dressing Pastor Featured in HBO's Drag Queen Series\">renowned drag performer<\/a> &#8220;Peaches Christ,&#8221; was meant to be the grand finale of a series of Pride events in the Bay Area. Google had initially described it as a way to &#8220;wrap up this amazing month,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/06\/27\/google-distances-itself-from-drag-performance-after-employee-petition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, signed by hundreds of Google employees, expressed concerns that the event would sexualize and disrespect their Christian co-workers, accusing Google of religious discrimination. It stated that the provocative and inflammatory nature of &#8220;Peaches Christ&#8217;s&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-google-employees-protest-official-team-event-drag-show-google-retreats\/\" title=\"Christian Google employees protest a drag show planned as an official team event. Google backs down.\">artistry directly offended<\/a> the religious beliefs and sensitivities of Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Google confirmed to CNBC that they no longer categorized the performance as a recognized diversity, equity, and inclusion event. Instead, they transformed it into a separate social gathering at their offices for employees.<\/p>\n<p>Google spokesperson Chris Pappas clarified that the decision was not influenced by the petition, emphasizing the company&#8217;s longstanding support for the LGBTQ+ community. He explained that while the official team event had been moved, the performance would still take place at the planned venue and remain open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>According to &#8220;Peaches Christ,&#8221; the event was initially scheduled to be held in San Francisco at his request, rather than in a conference room at Google&#8217;s Silicon Valley headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my world, Jesus has a sense of humor,&#8221; Peaches Christ told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2023\/06\/27\/google-drag-show-christian-employee-complaints\/70362823007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>. &#8220;Yes, I did host a &#8216;Hunky Jesus&#8217; contest. Yes, I support the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Yes, my show is called &#8216;Midnight Mass.&#8217; But the Jesus and the God I believe in does not care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;This is another example of the really disturbing rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/employee-fired-after-he-skipped-work-in-mourning-over-end-of-roe-v-wade\/\" title=\"Employee Fired After He Skipped Work In \u2018Mourning\u2019 Over End Of Roe v. Wade\">anti-queer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glaad-calls-out-ricky-gervais-ignored-homophobic-kimmel-jokes\/\" title=\"Glaad Calls Out Ricky Gervais, Ignored Homophobic Kimmel Jokes\">anti-gay rhetoric<\/a> that is using drag performers and trans people as scapegoats. Anyone who knows me and knows my career knows that I use this drag character and name to present love, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-gives-behind-the-scenes-look-at-her-new-talk-show\/\" title=\"Candace Owens Gives Behind The Scenes Look At Her New Talk Show\">make people laugh<\/a>, to create entertainment, and to create space for outsiders.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian employees and others at Google protested against a &#8220;Pride and Drag Show&#8221; sponsored by the company. In response, Google removed the event from its LGBTQ+ event list and relocated the &#8220;official team event&#8221; to its premises. The show, featuring &#8220;Peaches Christ,&#8221; was at the center of the controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1959180,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1959179","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\/1959179","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1959179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1959179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1959179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1959179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}