{"id":1965356,"date":"2023-07-06T08:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T12:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-hiding-in-the-shadows-anymore-west-hollywood-appoints-first-drag-laureate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T08:10:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T12:10:54","slug":"not-hiding-in-the-shadows-anymore-west-hollywood-appoints-first-drag-laureate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-hiding-in-the-shadows-anymore-west-hollywood-appoints-first-drag-laureate\/","title":{"rendered":"West Hollywood&#8217;s first Drag Laureate emerges from the shadows."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fnot-hiding-in-the-shadows-anymore-west-hollywood-appoints-first-drag-laureate%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=1965356&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>West Hollywood Crowns Pickle as Drag Laureate<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) \u2013 West Hollywood is set to anoint Los Angeles singer and performer Pickle as its brand new \u2018Drag Laureate\u2019 \u2013 the city\u2019s first official ambassador for the drag community and the second to hold that title in the U.S..<\/p>\n<p>She will serve a two-year term raising awareness and expanding appreciation for drag culture, at a time when lawmakers in several states have tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-melissa-mccarthy-defends-drag-queens-in-viral-post\/\" title=\"SEE IT: Melissa McCarthy defends drag queens in viral post\">restrict drag performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAt this particular political moment, when there is such a climate of opposition to queer rights, to art forms like drag, to trans rights, it\u2019s so important to have positions like these,\u201d Pickle told Reuters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is the death rattle of a movement that just cannot adapt to a changing world and to a community that is saying, \u2018We\u2019re not hiding in the shadows anymore.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><h3>Pickle&#8217;s Impact and Activism<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pickle\u2019s resume over the past eight years includes performing, singing, hosting, and activism. She helped establish and run the Los Angeles Drag Story Hour to spark interest in reading and inclusion among children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I would hope that people coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-article-3-month-olds-have-implicit-bias-train-those-toddlers-about-social-justice\/\" title=\"WaPo Article: 3-Month-Olds Have Implicit Bias; Train Those Toddlers About \u2018Social Justice\u2019\">drag story<\/a> take away a sense of play, of imagination, a love for reading,\u201d she said, donned with three roses in her long blonde wig, pink ruffled shorts and top, dangling blue earrings and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-hiding-in-the-shadows-anymore-west-hollywood-appoints-first-drag-laureate\/\" title=\"West Hollywood's first Drag Laureate emerges from the shadows.\">big green satin bow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Libraries staging drag story hours have faced angry protesters calling for children to be protected from adult entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>But a mother who took her son to Pickle\u2019s reading hour said it offered a way to expand children\u2019s awareness of others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as we continue to expose them and normalize these types of events and all of the different people that we share this city with, then it will become part of their life and normal for them,\u201d said Christina Cady.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Empowering Drag Artists<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pickle, who will be inaugurated as West Hollywood\u2019s drag laureate on July 16, will work with D\u2019Arcy Drollinger, recently named San Francisco\u2019s Drag Laureate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really want to empower drag artists to explore their talents, push themselves and challenge themselves, to really show the world that drag is a powerful, dynamic and intellectual art form,\u201d said Pickle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Jorge Garcia; Editing by Sonali Paul)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/not-hiding-in-the\/attachment\/drag-performer-pickle-prepares-for-a-virtual-performance-in-los\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>The Biden Administration and the White House<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Interview with Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Interview with Kari Lake<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Interview with Ricci Lee Wynne<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>The Metaverse and Virtual Worlds<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>Google&#8217;s Accusations Against India&#8217;s Antitrust Body<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Hollywood will appoint Pickle, a Los Angeles singer and performer, as its inaugural &#8216;Drag Laureate&#8217;. As the city&#8217;s official ambassador for the drag community, Pickle will promote and enhance appreciation for drag during her two-year term. 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