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Many Texans are under the false impression that drag shows for children were outlawed for children to both participate and view. Texas Senate Bill 12 was sent to federal courts after it was passed in Texas. The federal courts, after lots of complaints from the LGBTQ mafia, decided to strike down the bill and it never became law in Texas. They claimed that it was protected under the First Amendment. Fast forward to now, Ru Paul, one of the largest drag show hosts in the world, put on a hyper-sexual drag show in Dallas that allowed children inside.
Defend Our Kids: Texas Executive Director Sara Gonzales was on-site undercover at the event. In the videos that she took at the event, you could see lots of children at the event, mainly young teens. You will hear the drag queens talking about their non-existent, private parts. Multiple comments were made about performing sexual actions. Drag queens often use crowd interaction and there were multiple times the drag queens were talking about the private parts of people in the crowd. The most egregious part of this was the actual performances themselves. These men were half naked and most of the time with their butts completely out. This should definitely not be allowed especially with children in attendance. Grown men shaking their butts in front of children is never an acceptable action.
If these men were normal straight men they would undoubtedly be thrown straight into prison. These performances are nothing short of indecency and should be prosecuted as such under Texas law. Freedom of expression in the First Amendment was not intended to include sexual dances for children. They hide behind the First Amendment to justify their actions to the public.
There is absolutely no reason that Texas Senate Bill 12 should've been held up in federal courts. When our Founding Fathers made the First Amendment there was no intention of that being a hiding place for potential sex crimes against children. Texas legislature has a chance to take away the affirmative defense in Texas penal code 43 that allows exceptions for these performances to be passed off as not obscene.
Exposing that these predatory hyper-sexual drag shows are still happening in Texas is extremely important. We can’t just write this issue off as an “oh well at least we tried.” Children in Texas need to be defended from the sexualization society is pushing onto them. All of the parents involved in allowing and bringing their children to this event should be charged as well as the venue and the performers. Thanks to Sara Gonzales we know that these events are still happening in full force in the state of Texas. The Texas legislature must readdress this issue in the next legislative session.