Hours After Club Q Shooting, Right-Wing Account Attacks Colorado Drag Group
The Club Q shooting comes amid a rash of protests, threats and violent assaults against businesses that hosted drag events this year.
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The Club Q shooting comes amid a rash of protests, threats and violent assaults against businesses that hosted drag events this year.
"Emotionally [it] has been hard for us," owner Sarah Swain told Newsweek. "We just want to make donuts and have fun."
Nude cyclists biked through Seattle's Pride Parade Monday as children in the crowd looked on, according to video shared to Twitter. Families were in attendance.
Hate and harassment targeting drag performers have escalated in recent weeks as events to celebrate LGBTQ Pride month have ramped up.
The mayor of Apex has announced that the “Drag Queen Story Hour” — a controversial event featuring men in (often-skimpy) women’s clothing reading stories to children — has been eliminated from the schedule at the town’s June 11 Pride Festival. But Apex Pride, who helped plan the event, claims the reading will proceed as planned,