![]() It also helps in fraud preventionsĬloudflare sets this cookie to improve page load times and to disallow any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. This cookie is used to manage the interaction with the online bots. This cookie is set by the provider Akamai Bot Manager. This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing.Īssociated with Amazon Web Services and created by Elastic Load Balancing, AWSELB cookie is used to manage sticky sessions across production servers. Issued by Microsoft's ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user's website visit. This cookie is used by Akamai to optimize site security by distinguishing between humans and bots This cookie is used to detect and defend when a client attempt to replay a cookie.This cookie manages the interaction with online bots and takes the appropriate actions. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. ![]() Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. He didn’t resign because he was in drag in the photos he left office over the blackface. Ron DeSantis (R), Ertel quit before the Governor waged war on the LGBTQ community. Not only did Ertel dress in drag, but he also added in blackface, the derogatory and racist vestige of vaudeville entertainment.Īppointed by Gov. Michael Ertel had been in office for a few weeks before pictures of him dressed as a “Katrina victim” at a 2005 Halloween party were leaked to the Tallahassee Democrat. In the pictures, Ertel is wearing black makeup and red lipstick, as well as fake breasts, earrings, and a New Orleans Saints bandana around his head. “I have 250,000 reasons why I did it.” Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel Official portrait/via Tallahassee Democrat “I try to put the fun in fundraiser,” he told the local ABC affiliate. Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling hit the stage at Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta, impersonating Christina Aguilera for the charity event Battle of the Brain, hosted by Daughters Against Alzheimer’s Association. He and nine other competitors helped bring in $250,000 to make life better for those suffering with a serious illness. ![]() TwitterĪ Republican mayor in Georgia who helped raised a quarter of a million dollars to help Alzheimer’s patients with a drag performance responded to critics who thought dressing in drag was beneath his office. To make me be the bogeyman for political gain, it was just too much.” Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling Kennesaw Mayor Derek Easterling works it for a good cause. I’ve done drag in her home for her friends and family. “She’s had her kid in front of a drag queen. “She’s friends with drag queens,” Stevens said. In social media posts, Stevens called Lake “a complete hypocrite,” adding that the two were friends before Lake became a right-wing politician. Stevens also said he performed at a party that Lake attended with her own children. But a local drag queen reminded the right-wing politicians that she once brought her own kid to a drag performance. In response, Richard Stevens - an entertainer who performs as drag queen Barbra Seville - said that Lake has repeatedly attended his performances. Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake recently insinuated that drag queens and queer people are a threat to children. ![]() Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Sadly, while they seem to have forgotten all the laughs they had with the bunny in drag, they’re keen to remember the racist and sexist stereotypes the old cartoons embraced. With so many Republicans stuck in the last century, they all grew up watching Bugs and his pals cheat death, taunt their enemies, and dress in drag. Related: Dad threatened to “show up & kill somebody” if drag queens performed in his kid’s school Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny dressed in women’s clothes to romance Elmer Fudd to convince him to murder Daffy Duck. Here are five times the GOP loved drag – including Donald Trump himself. But before drag queens became punching bags for Trump supporters, Republicans loved drag. This time around its transgender women and drag queens that they’re demonizing. Since Americans have long since realized that gay men are not child molesters (straight men have the highest incidence of child abuse), the GOP has tweaked the formula. The new breed of Republicans has taken a page out of the party’s mid-80s political playbook in an attempt to paint LGBTQ people as “groomers” and child predators.
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