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National Review
National Review
15 May 2023
Caroline Downey


NextImg:Videos Show Young Children Attending RuPaul’s Drag Convention

Young children attended and performed at a drag convention hosted by prominent drag queen RuPaul in Los Angeles over the weekend, videos show.

The Los Angeles event “is the first convention celebrating drag, queer culture, & self-expression,” according to a summary on Twitter.

Video from the conference shows adult attendees pushing their kids in strollers and escorting them around the booths to pick up swag and promotional materials. Some of vendors that advertised products included the spiked-collar company “BitchFist NYC,” the lubricant company “Boy Butter,” and the flavored anal spray company “Holey Water.” Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the non-denominational Christ Chapel of the Valley also made an appearance.

In one video posted to social media, the song lyrics “I’m horny all night long,” can be heard playing in the background as children loiter around the venue. One little girl can be seen holding rainbow flags as she follows her guardian around.

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During the performance portion of the event, female and male adolescents can be seen on stage dancing alongside adult male drag queens, many of whom are moving in a provocative manner.

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The convention tried to market itself as family-friendly by hosting meet-and-greets with the four Teletubbies characters in its “Kid Zone,” National Review previously reported. The kid area, where adult attendees can leave their kids to play, was first introduced at the third-annual convention in 2017. This year, the convention granted free admission for children under eight with each paid adult ticket, although children under 16 were barred from the separately ticketed “After Hours” events.

In February, Tennessee passed a bill that would prohibit the hosting of drag shows in settings where minors may be present. It was later signed into law by Republican governor Bill Lee. The legislation prohibits the public hosting of “adult cabaret performances,” which it defines as events featuring “topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, [and] male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest.”

Under the law, anyone who hosts or performs in a drag show when children are present can be charged with a class A misdemeanor, subject to a fine of up to $2,500 and up to one year in prison. Repeat violators can be charged with a class E felony and sentenced to one-to-six years in prison, as well as fines of up to $3,000.

In April, a federal judge blocked the law, ruling that Tennessee went beyond the constraints of the Constitution in exercising its police power to restrict speech it considers obscene.

“Does a citizen’s private residence count? How about a camping ground at a national park? What if a minor browsing the worldwide web from a public library views an ‘adult cabaret performance’?” U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker wrote in his order.