Drag Queen

You may know that the United States has a “poet laureate” named Ada Limón. (She was actually featured in last night’s Jeopardy! Masters show.) But did you know that we also have our first “drag laureate”?

From the moment the Dodgers chose to honor a group that so overtly dishonors core Christian principles and, more explicitly, the Catholic expression of those principles, they were headed down a difficult path. That they made the correct decision to turn back still opened them up to criticism and derision from those who believe that the Sisters deserved their place of honor in the Dodgers Pride Night event.

The same principle applies to each of us as well.

Parents of students at a California high school are criticizing the administration after it allowed a drag queen performance during a mandatory multicultural assembly in front of hundreds of students in the school’s gym.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky pushed a bill on Thursday that would place limits on drag shows in the state.

Tennessee has become the first state to explicitly ban drag shows in public places. Gov. Bill Lee signed the provision into law prohibiting “adult cabaret performances” that include “male or female impersonators” in areas where minors could watch. Similar laws have been introduced in at least fourteen other states.

The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday that would ban drag shows from public settings, including in places where minors may be present.

Two pastors are countering the Drag Queen Story Hour events hosted throughout the nation by launching their own Pastor Story Hours.

The U.S. State Department says it stands behind a $20,600 grant to fund a dozen drag shows in Ecuador through an Ecuadorian cultural center.

A mother in San Diego went viral last week after she confronted a local school board about its upcoming Halloween drag show, which was dubbed "family-friendly."

Jude warned his readers that “certain people have crept in unnoticed ... who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality” (v. 4). As a result, he called his fellow believers to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (v. 3).