{"id":2000184,"date":"2023-08-14T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lgbt-group-cancels-drag-show-after-fundraising-woes-kind-of-embarrassing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:30:27","slug":"texas-lgbt-group-cancels-drag-show-after-fundraising-woes-kind-of-embarrassing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lgbt-group-cancels-drag-show-after-fundraising-woes-kind-of-embarrassing\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas LGBT group cancels drag show due to fundraising difficulties: &#8216;quite embarrassing&#8217;"},"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%2Ftexas-lgbt-group-cancels-drag-show-after-fundraising-woes-kind-of-embarrassing%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=2000184&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>A Night \u200bof a Thousand Drag Queens: Dallas Pride&#8217;s Unfortunate Setback<\/h2>\n<p>A Texas LGBT organization had an ambitious plan to \u2062fill the\u200c streets of Dallas with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-lgbt-group-cancels-drag-show-after-fundraising-woes-kind-of-embarrassing\/\" title=\"Texas LGBT group cancels drag show due to fundraising difficulties: 'quite embarrassing'\">vibrant drag queens<\/a>, but\u2063 their\u200c dreams were shattered when they couldn&#8217;t gather enough funds to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Pride had organized a \u2062spectacular event called &#8220;A Night of a Thousand Drag Queens&#8221; on August 26th. The purpose was to protest a new law that would soon come into effect, <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.\">banning sexualized performances<\/a> in \u200bthe presence of children.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, Dallas Pride must announce the August 26 Street Party has been cancelled,&#8221; the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-hilarious-move-youtube-bans-leftist-organization-dedicated-to-censoring-conservatives\/\" title=\"In Hilarious Move, YouTube BANS Leftist Organization Dedicated To Censoring Conservatives\">organization shared<\/a> on its website. \u200d&#8221;The bottom line is\u200d the\u200b funding\u2063 just did not come together. These kinds \u200dof events \u200bare very \u2063expensive to produce here in Dallas.\u200b As a 501c3, we have a fiduciary duty to \u200bspend \u2062our funding \u200bwisely, and\u200c since we were not able to\u2063 obtain enough sponsorship for the event, we \u2062were forced\u200c to cancel it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christine Bengston,\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-group-asks-white-house-for-federal-help-with-threats\/\" title=\"School board group asks White House for federal help with threats\">interim executive director<\/a> of Dallas Pride, expressed her disappointment, stating that they had aimed to raise $75,000 for the event.\u200c She admitted feeling a sense of\u2062 embarrassment that they \u200dcouldn&#8217;t generate enough funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe were hoping and were billing it as \u200ba last hurrah to come fill the \u200bstreet with drag\u2064 queens,\u201d Bengston said. \u201cWe thought that people would come \u200btogether. Well, it didn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2062law, known as \u2063S.B. 12, was signed by Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) in June and is set to take effect in September. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick specifically targeted drag queen shows when advocating for the bill&#8217;s passage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is \u200cshocking to me that any parent would allow their young \u2063child to be sexualized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows\/\" title=\"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019\">drag shows<\/a>,&#8221; Patrick expressed after the bill was approved in May. &#8220;Children, who cannot make decisions\u2062 on their own, must be protected from this scourge facing our state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A coalition \u200cof liberal and LGBT groups, including \u2064the ACLU of Texas,\u2063 have filed lawsuits in an attempt to strike down the law.<\/p>\n<h3>Source:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/texas-lgbt-groups-bid-to-fill-dallas-streets-with-drag-queens-falls-apart-due-to-lack-of-funds\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas LGBT group&#8217;s plan to flood Dallas streets with drag queens crumbled due to insufficient funds. Dallas Pride aimed to stage a &#8220;Night of a Thousand Drag Queens&#8221; on Aug. 26, protesting a forthcoming law banning sexualized acts. 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