Texas legislator proposes ban on minors watching drag shows
A Texas lawmaker announced on Monday that he will introduce legislation to ban minors from attending drag shows in the state. State Rep.
A Texas lawmaker announced on Monday that he will introduce legislation to ban minors from attending drag shows in the state.
State Rep. Bryan Slaton, a Republican, said a law was necessary to protect children from "perverted adults," citing a viral video of children attending a drag show in Dallas on Saturday.
"The events of this past weekend were horrifying and show a disturbing trend in which perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children," Slaton said in a statement. "As a father of two young children, I would never take my children to a drag show and I know speaker Dade Phelan and the rest of my Republican colleagues wouldn’t either."
He added, "Protecting our own children isn’t enough and our responsibility as lawmakers extends to the sexualization that is happening across Texas."
Slaton was referring to a drag show that took place at the Mr. Misster bar. The event, the “Drag the Kids to Pride Drag Show,” was advertised as a "family friendly spin off" of the bar's "Champagne Drag Brunch" show.
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