THE INTERNATIONAL VOGUE PAGEANTRY

WHEN HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A CHILD BEING HARMED BY SOMEONE PERFORMING IN DRAG?

A: Never. As a child a Drag Queen helped my mom when she couldn’t feed me and my brothers. And because of that same drag queen my success in life is owed to him/her.

IF YOU COULD SPEAK WITH THOSE WHO VOTED FOR THIS

BILL WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

A: I would say that Tennessee has bigger problems for you all to be addressing as opposed to adults performing in Drag. How about you all look at how to stop poverty, stop sex trafficking, stop homelessness, stop drug abuse, stop gun violence, stop racial discrimination. But don’t stop Drag because it saved my life, and many others like me.

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many ways. Our contestants are already calling out of concern about the bill. They are wondering how things will turn out if they choose to compete. Also, a lot of patrons would choose to stay home being concerned of being arrested or our event being raided by the police. One advantage they are in a safe environment and many people choose this art form as a real job. Any type of ban on the art form in the way we express ourselves will hurt a lot of people financially. There is a lot of concern of those that participate in our pageants, some are scared and don't know what to expect. just about drag shows some organizations help in educating about important things like HIV prevention, HIV treatment, and HIV Services, mental health issues; etc. In actuality, we believe that this bill is wrong, and it is very unconstitutional.