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FL Pride Parade Canceled Over Impending Drag Law

FL Pride Parade Canceled Over Impending Drag Law

And the religious right gets their way using vague language in laws and wording in the laws that provides the public can sue with no costs and even if they lose the party sued still has to pay all the costs.  “The bill DOES NOT ban drag or pride. But it relies on vague language and harsh penalties to instill fear that inevitably leads to self-censorship– that was their goal.”  It is the bounty hunter scheme first started by Texas and used in Florida against schools to get the teachers ordered to remove books just in case a maga parent sued.    The goal of these laws are not to ban sex shows, not to police nudity or exaggerated genitalia but to remove any sign of men dressed as women from society and the public view.    What will the right manage to ban from public view next?  Jewish symbols?  Non-Christian religious symbols?   Women in pants?  Men with long hair such as mine?   Hugs

From Treasure Coast Pride’s Facebook page:

As all of you know, the political climate that we are currently in has us all very concerned for our community. After multiple meetings with city officials, it is with a heavy heart that Pride Alliance of the Treasure Coast has to announce that this weekend’s Pridefest will now be a 21 and older event.

The city has decided that with the likelihood that the Governor will sign the latest bill into effect this evening, that we will need to be on the side of caution and has required us to make this necessary change.

We are obviously upset and dishearten that it has come to this. We also regret to announce that we will have to cancel our plans to bring back our beloved parade.

We hope that everyone understands that this is definitely not what we wanted at all and are working with the city to assure our safety as well as produce a positive event.

We have held off as long as we could in making this announcement as we were hoping it would not have to be made. We hope that everyone still supports out community and attends this event!

We will be making an announcement in the near future about a family friendly Party in the Park where our youth can celebrate who they are as well in conjunction with the Sanctuary of the Treasure Coast.

Port St. Lucie, population 200,000, is on the east coast about 90 minutes north of Fort Lauderdale.

Drag cancel

 

heleninedinburgh 2 days ago

This is, of course, exactly what the bill was designed to do.

S1AMER  heleninedinburgh2 days ago

Yeah. The absolute last thing we should be doing is caving to bullies.

Ross  S1AMER2 days ago

Agreed.

Caving to bullies only makes them worse.

OldGuy  Ross2 days ago

Unfortunately, these days the bullies are carrying assault weapons!

nocadrummer  OldGuy2 days ago

AND they have the right to shoot and kill if they feel “threatened”. Which could mean just seeing anything they don’t like – gays, blacks, women, “non-Christians”, Catholics, …

mikeiver  S1AMER2 days ago

In this case they should have simply canceled it wholly and completely. The community would suffer but so would the area as a whole as well. It should be made clear that their loss comes from acceptance of deathsantis and his supporters. No matter what, this fucking sucks and is total bullshit. But it will take not just the community suffering but the cities and towns that benefit from these parades and gatherings suffering and feeling it in their bottom lines before people stand up and fight against hate.

Ross2 days ago

Fascism can only take root when good people comply.

DO NOT COMPLY.

another_steve  Ross2 days ago

Similar thought here, Ross.

We’re at war. We cannot surrender.

We need to fight back.

BeccaM2 days ago

We need resistance, not compliance.

Ross2 days ago

They should change the name from:

Pridefest

To:

Americafest

See, no more gay.

Then put on the exact same parade. But shout AMERICA a lot.

DO NOT COMPLY WITH FASCISM.

JoeMyGod Mod2 days ago edited

I suppose the big test will come with Wilton Manors Pride. The town is entirely gay run: mayor, city council, police, fire, etc. Just last month Wilton Manors had a huge turnout for their pro-drag protest march. Their parade is scheduled for June 17th and draws tens of thousands.

https://www.stonewallpride….

Darreth  JoeMyGoda day ago

Wilton Manors is about to go thru some things. I believe the gays there aren’t really fully aware of what’s about to happen to them. I’m literally on a cruise with a large number of Wilton Manors residents and they don’t seem to be aware of the depth of depravity that is DeSantis and the evangelicals who are backing him.

Halou  JoeMyGod2 days ago

I think it was a few days ago, a pride event that had always been given a permit unanimously by the city suddenly became newsworthy on account of “Is drag still legal?”.

All those who normally say they’re fine with it being are cowed by both the threat of legal action against them by the state, as well as the relentless beating of the “groomers” war drum.

Anastasia Beaverhousen2 days ago edited

Why 21. You’re an adult at 18.

(((GC))) – End the filibuster!  Anastasia Beaverhousen 2 days ago

Standard-issue hypocrisy. At 18 you’re considered old enough to fight and die for this country, old enough to be held legally and criminally responsible as an adult for just about everything… yet not old enough to handle a beer, and not old enough to handle certain “sexual” stuff…

I don’t have a good “why”, except that the bigots and haters want to make young adults fearful and self-censoring.

Franciscan  (((GC))) – End the filibuster! 2 days ago

And you can carry a concealed gun at any age, apparently.

Zorba  Franciscan2 days ago

Well, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem says her two-year-old has guns.
These people are nuts. Dangerous nuts.

Shapiro Calls For Criminalizing “Men Wearing Dresses”

Shapiro Calls For Criminalizing “Men Wearing Dresses”

This is Ben Shapiro.  The head of and the leader of the Daily Wire, one of the biggest right wing media outlets.   His hosts include people like Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Michael Knowles, Jordan Peterson, Dennis Prager all who have either called for the elimination, deportation, or making completely illegal the LGTBTQ+ community / people.   This is one of the most watched and quoted right wing media, and Shapiro is wrongly considered one of the right’s intellectual.  Several of these people spoke at the CPAC events calling for the extermination of gay and trans people, and all media about the LGBTQ+ community.

I was talking in the comments the other day about what the republicans / the right want to achieve with these drag bans, what their goal is.   It is not to regulate adult entertainment, burlesque, and strip shows with drag performers as those laws already exist.   This is not about normal obscenity such as showing genitals, as again those are already well regulated.   

What is being regulated out of existence, outlawed in public, is what Nan calls cross-dressing and what right means when they say drag.  They want to make it illegal for a man to dress as a woman, to wear a dress / skirt or a woman to wear clothing normally assigned stereotypically to males.   It is about enforcing stereotypes of what is a woman’s role and what is a man’s role even to what clothing each role typically wore then.   Remember the comedy shows in the 1970’s / 1980s where the laugh line was a man wearing an apron?   Well here is Shapiro just saying what the goal is.   Flat out removing trans people from society and public view.   Flat out trying to legislate what a gender can wear based on old stereotypes of gender roles.   The goal is to return to a time when females were in not in men’s jobs, doing men’s work, when women were home in time to make dinner for their husband and wait on him.   All to protect the children, remember?    

First they came for the trans people, but I was not trans … then they came for …  Hugs

“Should wearing dresses and skirts be illegal for men in public? If so, should wearing pants for women in public be illegal in public? Well, pants not so much because there is a female version of pants that is nearly indistinguishable in many cases from male pants. But men wearing traditional female clothing in public – I think that there is a case that local communities should be able to stop that. Sure, I mean, we have local laws about being naked or indecent exposure, at least we used to.” – Ben Shapiro.

https://www.mediamatters.org/media/4004152/embed/embed


 

thatotherjean a day ago

Ben, you’re an idiot–and a mob of Scotsmen would like a word with you.

Uncle Mark  thatotherjeana day ago

Now I’m definitely going to have to don my kilt when I go to the Renaissance Faire in my Renaissance drag

Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️a day ago

We’re all born naked. Everything else we wear is drag.

Houndentenor  Stuarta day ago

We’re all born naked, and the rest is just drag. — Ru Paul

I read a story once about westerners having trouble understanding that in Indian women wore something like pants while men worse robes. This was traditional gender-coded attire in their country. Gender roles differ across time and place. Only right wing Americans who don’t know that there was history before 1950 think that clothing or anything else has a universal meaning.

JCF  Houndentenor20 hours ago

In the 19th century, Blue was for girls (“like Mary’s mantle”), and Pink was for boys (“his boyish, ruddy cheeks!”).

juanjo54  JCF18 hours ago

That was pretty common right up until around WWII. It wasn’t until after the war that it switched around. It was just like the baby dresses they used for both sexes. There are still a few photos around from my dad and my uncle when they were babies and then pre-teens. The short pants are precious.

Melissia a day ago

Oh fuck that. Any actual feminist (meaning, people who aren’t TERFs/”Gender Criticals” aka conservative blowhards) knows that them criminalizing “men wearing dresses” will also inevitably mean criminalizing women wearing pants, which will mean using the violence of government to police womens’ modesty.

In other words, we’ll become Iran after Trump handed the theocrats and autocrats power by rejecting Obama’s deal that was getting them to open up.

 

“Tennessee’s A Drag” – a mini special from Drew Morgan about the DRAG QUEEN ban in Tennessee

This is both funny and informative.   Hugs

Let’s talk about Trump’s plan for the homeless….

Drag Queens I remember from when the republicans thought they were funny also. This is what drag is. This is the villain of the right that they claim is sexualizing and grooming kids. Notice the last set with the maga king

Groovy History - Oh those hairy legs and the man with a plan! "M*A*S*H" cross-dressing 'Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger' (Jamie Farr) was always trying to get discharged. 1980 😙 | Facebook M*A*S*H': Why Did Jamie Farr Stop Gag of Wearing Women's Clothes

Klinger in Drag - TV Fanatic

Corporal Klinger: A Man in a Dress – Transgender Heaven

M*A*S*H': Actor Jamie Farr Spoke Show's Morbid Setting Was Important

Klinger's greatest outfits from 'M*A*S*H'

These are the famous actresses who originally wore Klinger's costumes on 'M*A*S*H'

From the Beverly Hillbillies, Jethro as his twin sister – Jethrine Bodine.

JETHRENE BODINE/JETHRO BODINE/ MAX BAER JR. | The beverly hillbillies, Classic tv, Jethro

Flip Wilson Geraldine on TV all the time

Flip Wilson Geraldine this is your life October 1973 - YouTube

The Flip Wilson Show Flip As Geraldine Jones 8x10 Glossy Photo | eBay

Caldara: Drama over drag queens plays into their manicured hands - Complete Colorado - Page Two

Geraldine Jones (character) - Wikipedia

geraldine and Jim Brown (Flip W) - YouTube

Papermoon Loves Lucy — LUCY AND FLIP GO LEGIT

Vintage NOLA Drag Queens. Tag the RPDR lookalikes. : r/rupaulsdragrace

The Evolution of Drag — Brownstone Lounge

The Last Queen of Greenwich Village | The New Yorker

Trump Stuck His Face in Rudy Guiliani’s Chest in 2000 Drag Comedy Skit

Trump Stuck His Face in Rudy Guiliani's Chest in 2000 Drag Comedy Skit

born miserable on Twitter: "Rudy Giuliani forgot about 9/11. He also forgot about Donald Trump motorboating him while he dressed up in drag. https://t.co/rPpdrNJELs" / Twitter

Remarks: Donald Trump in Parody Skit With Rudy Giuliani - March 11, 2000 - YouTube

History of Trump Hitting on Giuliani in Drag — Comedy History 101

Are we going to let these states devolve into even more open racism and bigotry?

Dear Ma and Pa MAGA, sent in by Randy

Collier teacher under investigation for showing “Confederate History Month” video to school

https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/04/14/collier-teacher-under-investigation-for-showing-confederate-history-month-video-to-school/amp/

 

NAPLES, Fla. – A teacher at a Collier County school is facing backlash from parents after they showed a video celebrating “Confederate History Month” to the entire school.

The video aired as part of the morning announcements on Tuesday at Manatee Middle School, according to a district spokesperson.

“If you didn’t know, April is an officially celebrated month here in the State of Florida named Confederate History Month,” the teacher said in the video.

The school district wouldn’t identify who the teacher is but said they are investigating.

 

“Every year our state celebrates and memorializes that valiant, brave fight and the countless sacrifices by our men and women during that known as the Civil War,” said the teacher in the video.

The teacher bills the video as a look into the state’s recognition of Confederate History Month.

However, parents call this pro-Confederate propaganda.

“It was very biased seeming,” said Casey Smith. “The confederacy, as far as I’m concerned, has always been a stain on American history.”

“To me, it looks like straight out of a Confederate sympathizer playbook,” said Annie O’Donnell.

At one point in the video, the teacher suggests a different name for the Civil War.

“[The] Civil War, but may be more correctly titled the War To Prevent Southern Independence,” he said.

“No. It is the Civil War,” responded Casey Smith. “It has always been called the Civil War.”

Parents tell NBC2 they have no problem talking about slavery, the Civil War, or our nation’s darkest days.

“Some of this actually sounds very accurate,” Smith said.

The issue they have is with what the teacher made up and put in the video and in front of their child’s faces.

“They spoke about celebrating the confederacy in the State of Florida,” Smith said.

O’Donnell, whose kids don’t go to Manatee Middle School, said it’s important for kids to learn about our nation’s history, but not in a way like this.

“Doing it accurately, holistically, fully,” she said. “I would find it difficult to imagine that the students here are going to be able to trust this particular teacher again.”

The State of Florida does recognize April as Confederate History Month. Several movements in recent years have failed. In Florida, the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, along with Confederate Memorial Day are all considered state-legal holidays.

Collier County Public Schools said the instruction of Confederate History Month is not a part of the district’s curriculum.

The district wouldn’t identify who the teacher is, but a spokesperson did say they are still employed while the school investigates.

Florida School Celebrates Confederate History Month With Video Praising “Valiant, Brave Fight” Against US

BeccaMa day ago edited

The entire point of America’s civil war was slavery, both the continued practice of it in the states where it existed and whether it would be allowed to spread into the newly conquered and/or purchased territories in the west.

The state leaders, many of whom later joined the seditious Confederate government, said so, repeatedly.

Why did the Confederate states seek to break away from the rest of the Union? Absolutely no other reason was given at the time other than for the preservation of slavery. Period. They believed that the election of Lincoln as President presaged the rise of an unstoppable Abolitionist movement.

Any time some history whitewashing white supremacist tries to claim it was about “southern independence,” it’s time to demand, “Independence from what exactly? What was the southern states’ beef with the rest of the country? Be specific. If you’re going to say, “Washington was too heavy-handed”—exactly about what?”

It was always slavery and white supremacy. Their own leaders confirmed it in countless writings and speeches from those times. Their political and cultural descendants have spent the last century and a half trying excuse sedition, insurrection, and literal treason, and to pretend the secession and war weren’t about maintaining and expanding slavery at all.

 

Let’s talk about schools and a question from a conservative…..

🌈 Lego Store Employees Harassed For Being WOKE!!! 🌈 (this is the world we live in now)