The left and the media changed the definition of abortion. Now they’re changing the definition of drag.
Texas Republican state Rep. Nate Schatzline’s bill restricts drag performances. Naturally, the left and the media pounced.
A video has circulated on social media of him supposedly in drag…except dressing like a woman for theater or even just a video is not drag.
Schatzline said he dressed up as a woman for a theater project.
NBC tried to use the dictionary definition to counter Schatzline. The network failed:
: entertainment in which performers caricature or challenge gender stereotypes (as by dressing in clothing that is stereotypical of another gender, by using exaggeratedly gendered mannerisms, or by combining elements of stereotypically male and female dress) and often wear elaborate or outrageous costumes: the costumes worn by drag performersespecially : a costume used to impersonate a person or kind of person
Schatzline did none of that. It looks like he just put on a dress.
It’s why when you see a transgender female, you don’t say she’s in drag. Caitlyn Jenner doesn’t dress in drag. When you watch RuPaul or Trixie Mattel…they’re in drag. Monty Python dressed in drag most of the time when they portrayed females.
Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo dressed in drag in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar. That is a fantastic movie, by the way.
It’s like these people have never seen a drag show. Changing the language is an insult to actual drag queens. Yes, I love drag shows and watching RuPaul’s drag race. I’ve learned a lot about makeup from them!
This isn’t hard.
The legislation, HB 1266, seeks to amend Texas’ Business and Commerce Code to define a venue that hosts a “drag performance” and “authorizes on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages” as a “sexually oriented business.” Such businesses, according to the state code, “may not allow an individual younger than 18 years of age to enter the premises of the business.”The measure defines a drag performance as “a performance in which a performer exhibits a gender identity that is different than the performer’s gender assigned at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs before an audience for entertainment.” It also states that sexually oriented businesses can be categorized as “a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or other commercial enterprise that provides for an audience of two or more individuals a drag performance.”
The media tried to do this to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. The yearbook caption says, “Governor Bill Lee in drag (1977 high school yearbook).”
Lee’s costume is more like drag than Schatzline, but something tells me he only did this once. Plus it’s not extravagant or loud. At my Texas high school, the juniors and seniors had an event where the girls played football and the boys dressed as cheerleaders. Ladies dressed as men would escort the “homecoming court,” similar to the Lee picture. It’s not a biggie.
More importantly, when Schatzline and Lee dressed as a woman they weren’t throwing sexuality in a child’s face or trying to talk about sex to said child. Those people are also a disgrace to drag queens.
Grow up, leftists and media. Stop changing the language to fit your narrative.
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