Ambrosia Black of West Hartford cools down before the show. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
WESTPORT — The art of drag was celebrated Saturday evening at MoCA Westport when Westport Pride — an affiliate of Positive Directions — presented a family-friendly drag experience.
Desmond Is Amazing reads from their book. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
“All 4 Drag and Drag for All” gave a sold-out crowd a fun and unique drag show, featuring several area performers that included Desmond Is Amazing — a 15-year-old drag kid and author from New York City.
Desmond Is Amazing looks over the book they authored before the show. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
Desmond, an outspoken advocate of LGBTQ rights, read from a children’s book they authored.
Angelina Fierce of Norwalk, The Latin Doll, checks themself in the mirror before the show. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
The event, which helps celebrate June as Pride Month, also coincided with this weekend’s closing of MoCA’s “Punk is Coming” exhibition.
The last weekend of “Punk is Coming” exhibit at MoCA Westport. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)Ambrosia Black performs. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)Sienna Rose Official, a Norwalk resident, before Saturday’s show. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)Mom Virginia Van Zanten of Westport and Asher Perlman, 5, hang out before the show. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)Ambrosia circles the room at the sold out MoCA “All 4 Drag and Drag for All” event. (Photo by Jarret Liotta)
34 Comments
Kevin burns
on June 5, 2022 at 9:04 am
It saddens me that parents would bring their young children to such an event and expose them to such overt sexual expression. Would you bring a child to a strip club? The fact that the exhibitionists suffer from gender dysphoria does not make it different or turn it into “art.” I beg the people involved here not to attempt to force any of this on the rest of us via the public schools. You go ahead and raise your children however you want but you need to respect our right to protect our own children from your madness.
Ok well I’m sure you’re okay with parents making the choice in FL about what gets taught in schools? You can’t say on the one hand, parents must have veto power on what gets taught in schools, while at the same time saying that a parent’s choice to bring their children to a performance like this is tantamount to child abuse?
The non-sequitor about celebrating doctors, nurses, etc (agree we should celebrate them) is irrelevant to this argument. But if you’re so concerned with this, why don’t you invest the time and energy to organize such an event. In fact, I’m sure you’ll have many of the same parents who brought their children to this event attending.
Excellent points.
Calling out Nancy for not giving her last name.
Strong convictions require attribution. Otherwise the Westport community can only assume you are just another internet troll.
What parent in their right mind exposes their kid to such filthy, disgusting garbage? People need to stand up against this sort of stuff, especially if it involves kids.
This MOCA event feels like a trial balloon before TEAM Westport attempts to push this depravity into the schools, perhaps next Pride Month. I firmly believe 9/10 Westport parents would find this event somewhere along the spectrum of inappropriate-disgusting-illegal. But no one says anything because they don’t want to be branded a bigot, which will of course immediately happen. Or perhaps a “fear monger.” Well, yes, I am indeed very fearful that my child is going to go to school and be subjected to men in bikini bottoms gyrating in front of his face. Because this town seems to be run by degenerates. Where do we draw the line Westport?
As a mother of 2 young kids I find this so disturbing. And it’s popping up everywhere. My sister’s town has an upcoming “Drag your kid to storytime” event. I love a good drag show but they are adult events – there is a reason it’s 21+ to get in!
Dear Westport:
You call this entertainment? You call this art? I call it repulsive!!! It’s vulgar and disgusting. It’s the epitome of socially unacceptable, or at least it should be. What a sick and twisted society we’ve become. What’s happened to common sense? This so-called “family friendly” event is nothing less than an attempt to promote and encourage someone’s sick ideology and lifestyle. – and upon innocent children at that. Whose great idea was it to organize an event involving a bunch of perverted freaks to come to the town of Westport and gallivant around in front of a group of impressionable children and than bill it as “Family Friendly Entertainment”? Seeds of perversion have now been planted in these kids’ minds. Anyone who would bring their adolescent child to see such a warped display lacks good judgement and needs to have their head examined. It’s totally inappropriate and irresponsible. This show was the opposite of “family friendly”. If there were ratings for MoCa performances this would have been XXX. I can’t help but wonder how much MoCa spent to bring this kind of filth to Wesport. A total waste of donor’s and contributors money. How unfortunate and embarrassing for MoCa and the entire community of Westport. It’s also unfortunate to see that there aren’t more people displaying outrage and speaking out. If you see something, say something
I’m happy to live in an inclusive community that promotes freedom of expression and allows our future generations to know how they feel is validated through positive experiences of Art! Kudos to MoCA for their bravery and stead fast mission to allow all to participate. More reason to fight against prejudice in our society!
Looks like this was G-rated, attendance was open and voluntary, and everyone knew there was art, performances, and book readings. I can’t quite understand what all the shock and outrage in the comments is about. Did anyone talk about penises or pull breasts out and invite people to touch personal body parts? I don’t see anything swinging. Everyone looks like they’re more covered than a bathing suit covers, I see smiling and mask protected faces. (Even if a child had an upset face I saw plenty of tears at a kids party this weekend, and I can assure you there was no abuse going on – they just wanted a bag of chips.)
If you don’t like it, don’t attend, don’t donate, but most importantly, do not discriminate. There’s no perversion or endangerment. Clutch the pearls at something that’s a real threat to our kids, like school shootings.
No. While there was not outright nudity or sexual activity, thank God, the photos clearly show men dressed in sexually provocative outfits parading in front of children. Would a wet t shirt contest be family friendly too? This is too much sexuality to present to children. When children are involved, “don’t discriminate” is not a viable answer. Children are sexually exploited every day. Events like this normalize and encourage it. Don’t start with the Pearl clutching line- what, you think you’re cool because you’re “down” with injecting kids into drag culture? You’re not cool, you’re not open minded, you’re not a champion of rights – you’re demented.
Your argument is what? Because people wear bikinis and so forth at the beach, there is no issue? By this logic, maybe we should hold a “babes in bikinis” event for the middle schools- I think attendance will be strong. The ladies can strut around, perhaps in heels, show their stuff. Maybe dads can attend too… Let’s all just be honest. The sole purpose of this event was to expose children to gay/trans sexuality. To rub it in their faces. But it’s the exposure of children to sexuality that is the gross part here – not the gay/trans part per se… The more I think about it, the more sickening it is. Every adult present at that event is a bona fide creep.
John and S.: Would you support children being exposed to erotic pole dancing? Is that also not a form of art? We want to be inclusive right? Are cisgendered strippers not people? Should they not be celebrated? How about twerking? Should we organize kindergartener twerk fest on village green? Twerking has the added benefit of intersectionality with urban culture!
Kevin Burns, you are a master of the logical fallacy. Let’s not talk about things that didn’t happen and whether people would support them. Rather, let’s talk about what did happen… an event with a book reading, a clearly G-rated trans modeling show, lots of inclusive fun.
There was no “twerk fest” no “erotic pole dancing” nor anything against which you are railing.
Kevin burns
on June 9, 2022 at 11:58 am
John Francis, here are some more pictures. https://jerrigrahamphotography.pixieset.com/westportpridedragshowatmoca/
Seems pretty darn sexual to me, similar to a strip tease. Also what’s with the dude on all fours? I guess I’m just a square versus all those wild and crazy middle aged Westporters in the photos basking in the glory of the taut buttocks of the entertainers… Let’s just keep this crap out of the schools, shall we?
John Francis
on June 9, 2022 at 3:52 pm
Kevin, I don’t need to see pictures as I was actually there. If it seems “pretty darn sexual” to you, that, honest to goodness, says more about you than it says about what was an extremely tame event. Especially noteworthy was the young man from Weston, who gave a very positive message designed to build people up rather than tear them down. Everyone, even you, but especially young people, can benefit from more of that message in their lives.
Kevin burns
on June 9, 2022 at 6:09 pm
Hmm. A “woman” dancing around in a minimal amount of tight clothing, with heels, make-up- striking provocative poses- this has nothing to do with sexual titillation? It’s entirely non-sexual? She might as well have been reading a book and wearing a turtleneck and Hush puppies? It’s just a coincidence that she was dressed exactly like a stripper? I do enjoy a good old lib gaslighting – it’s probably why I live in Westport- thank you !
John Francis
on June 10, 2022 at 9:08 am
Kevin, you clearly are lashing out because you have a difficult time dealing with your own gender issues. We see it all the time with Puritanical (and hypocritical) conservatives like yourself.
It was a perfectly innocent, g-rated, and positive event. You obviously weren’t there. That you feel the need to respond to every single comment is telling. “The lady doth protest too much.”
You can go back in your closet now.
Kevin burns
on June 10, 2022 at 12:46 pm
John Francis. Nice try but I’m not the one who hangs out with scantily clad transvestites and children on the weekend. I am the farthest thing from a Puritan or a closeted homosexual you can imagine. I’ve got close gay friends and couldn’t care less how adults interact physically with each other. But children need to be protected. A sexy cabaret style drag show with men crawling on the floor (picking up money?) is not suitable for children. It’s just obviously not. Was there full nudity? No. Were ping pong balls flying out of anyone? No. But is that the standard we now apply to our children? I know the LGBTQIA++ community wants to keep pushing the envelope when it comes to kids but this escalation needs to stop. Tolerance: yes. Sexual imagery and behavior being force fed to young kids: no. Again, just keep your creepy little drag shows out of our schools. Stay the f away from my kids. It’s not too much to ask is it?
John Francis
on June 11, 2022 at 8:13 am
It was a G-rated event that was free to anyone who wanted to attend. Nothing was “force fed” to anyone. You’re the one scouring the Internet looking for pictures, not the rest of us. You have a gay friend? You sound like the racists who say “but I have black friends” or “racism is nonexistent because Michael Jordan is a billionaire.” You are so obsessed with the drag show that you have posted ten comments (and surely one more is coming). Your comment about others looking at the picture link that you posted on another thread speak to both your childishness and the insecurities that you have. You are projecting those insecurities on others. Just because things make you uncomfortable doesn’t mean they make everyone else uncomfortable. Sad to have such a life.
Kevin burns
on June 11, 2022 at 12:25 pm
I am “obsessed” with it because it’s wrong and we need to draw attention to the excesses of the progressives, who are hijacking our communities and schools and ramping up the sexual content. These “family friendly” drag shows are happening all over the country. They are inappropriate. You are doing the typical leftist routine where you project all these “deplorable” qualities onto me to deflect from this main point: I am a religious right nut job, I am a homophobe, I am a repressed homosexual. But I am none of these things in the remotest sense. Yes, my gay friend and I were recently discussing this kid drag show nonsense- he totally agrees with me and also thinks this advocacy of gender fluidity is harmful to gay kids (who are now misinterpreting their sexual orientation for their gender identity). You don’t have the moral high ground here. I am not the pervert. I didn’t scour them internet for those photos, they were linked in the article. I am not the one seeing this incorrectly. You are. You are among a group of people trying to expose our children to inappropriate sexual content and to impress transgenderism on their minds when they haven’t even mastered the multiplication table. Call us whatever names you want but you need to be stopped and your movement needs to be stopped. And it will, because most parents have basic common sense, love their children and want to protect them.
John Francis
on June 11, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Kevin. Here’s a simple idea. If you are offended by this, don’t attend. It really is that easy.
Don’t tell other people how to parent. It really isn’t your business.
Finally, you are seriously confused about the differences between “gay,” “trans,” “drag,” etc. Maybe part of the problem here is that since you don’t understand it you don’t think others can or should, either?
“Let’s all just be honest?” No, let’s listen to Kevin Burns project his own insecurities on everyone else. As my mother taught me when I was very young, don’t judge others by yourself. Clearly, you are attempting to project what your motivations would be on people that you don’t know at all.
What you are uncomfortable with, you call “perversion.” You really have some serious issues you should deal with before declaring yourself to be the great arbiter of parenting. I don’t know if you are a parent or not, but I can only imagine the many years of therapy your children would need, having been subjected to your rants about perversion. I hope they make their way through without too much damage.
I’m done wasting my time with, yes, a bigoted and probably closeted know-nothing who wants to tell everyone else what to do. People like you are America’s Taliban. But I bet in other conversations you rant about freedom and others telling you what to do.
Kevin burns
on June 11, 2022 at 6:56 pm
John Francis: My interest in shielding children from inappropriately sexual content does not make me a pervert or a bigot or a moron. Yes, I understand the meaning of the terms gay, trans and drag. These are not difficult concepts, although I confess to being confused by some of the 74 other genders that we are told exist now. While you accuse me of barbarism, let me ask about your beliefs. Do you think a 5 year old boy who expresses interest in wearing a dress should have gender reassignment surgery? And if we want to show respect for the trans community, why not do a program honoring Admiral Rachel Levine? Why does it have to involve tight clothes, bare bottoms and high heels? Would we have a similar kind of sexy dance routine to honor the AAPI community? The real American Taliban these days are the progressive left- forcing their depraved ideology on the rest of us, scrambling the brains of children with their gender fluidity ideology, in some cases mutilating their genitals, and showing no tolerance for any contrary point of view. You are on the wrong side of history John. Five years ago a family friendly drag show would have been unimaginable. It is beneath Westport to promote this event. But go ahead and raise your kids as you see fit. Just keep your twisted mentality away from mine. Enjoy the weekend.
Marla Cowden
on June 8, 2022 at 1:48 pm
Thank you, S. Grey for a rational description of situation.
This is wrong. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Talk about horrible parenting! This is not about being inclusive. This is fundamentally inappropriate for children and is just unnecessary. If adults want a drag show, go ahead. Do whatever you want! I’m all for being inclusive and support gay people but this is just beyond. It’s wrong. It’s age inappropriate and extremely confusing, scary even. It makes me sad that kids have parents who are so clueless who think it’s a great idea for their 5 year old to see a man in drag.
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It saddens me that parents would bring their young children to such an event and expose them to such overt sexual expression. Would you bring a child to a strip club? The fact that the exhibitionists suffer from gender dysphoria does not make it different or turn it into “art.” I beg the people involved here not to attempt to force any of this on the rest of us via the public schools. You go ahead and raise your children however you want but you need to respect our right to protect our own children from your madness.
Spot on. Well said
Zoom in on the poor kids in the front row. They seem so miserable and confused. 😢
Child abuse. Child endangerment. Let’s have celebrations for a month for all our wonderful veterans. Doctors Nurses
Ok well I’m sure you’re okay with parents making the choice in FL about what gets taught in schools? You can’t say on the one hand, parents must have veto power on what gets taught in schools, while at the same time saying that a parent’s choice to bring their children to a performance like this is tantamount to child abuse?
The non-sequitor about celebrating doctors, nurses, etc (agree we should celebrate them) is irrelevant to this argument. But if you’re so concerned with this, why don’t you invest the time and energy to organize such an event. In fact, I’m sure you’ll have many of the same parents who brought their children to this event attending.
I personally don’t understand why the adults involved in this are not being arrested.
Excellent points.
Calling out Nancy for not giving her last name.
Strong convictions require attribution. Otherwise the Westport community can only assume you are just another internet troll.
Cool. It’s like Halloween in June!
What parent in their right mind exposes their kid to such filthy, disgusting garbage? People need to stand up against this sort of stuff, especially if it involves kids.
This MOCA event feels like a trial balloon before TEAM Westport attempts to push this depravity into the schools, perhaps next Pride Month. I firmly believe 9/10 Westport parents would find this event somewhere along the spectrum of inappropriate-disgusting-illegal. But no one says anything because they don’t want to be branded a bigot, which will of course immediately happen. Or perhaps a “fear monger.” Well, yes, I am indeed very fearful that my child is going to go to school and be subjected to men in bikini bottoms gyrating in front of his face. Because this town seems to be run by degenerates. Where do we draw the line Westport?
As a mother of 2 young kids I find this so disturbing. And it’s popping up everywhere. My sister’s town has an upcoming “Drag your kid to storytime” event. I love a good drag show but they are adult events – there is a reason it’s 21+ to get in!
Dear Westport:
You call this entertainment? You call this art? I call it repulsive!!! It’s vulgar and disgusting. It’s the epitome of socially unacceptable, or at least it should be. What a sick and twisted society we’ve become. What’s happened to common sense? This so-called “family friendly” event is nothing less than an attempt to promote and encourage someone’s sick ideology and lifestyle. – and upon innocent children at that. Whose great idea was it to organize an event involving a bunch of perverted freaks to come to the town of Westport and gallivant around in front of a group of impressionable children and than bill it as “Family Friendly Entertainment”? Seeds of perversion have now been planted in these kids’ minds. Anyone who would bring their adolescent child to see such a warped display lacks good judgement and needs to have their head examined. It’s totally inappropriate and irresponsible. This show was the opposite of “family friendly”. If there were ratings for MoCa performances this would have been XXX. I can’t help but wonder how much MoCa spent to bring this kind of filth to Wesport. A total waste of donor’s and contributors money. How unfortunate and embarrassing for MoCa and the entire community of Westport. It’s also unfortunate to see that there aren’t more people displaying outrage and speaking out. If you see something, say something
I’m happy to live in an inclusive community that promotes freedom of expression and allows our future generations to know how they feel is validated through positive experiences of Art! Kudos to MoCA for their bravery and stead fast mission to allow all to participate. More reason to fight against prejudice in our society!
More reason to fight against child sexual exploitation.
Bravo John!
Looks like this was G-rated, attendance was open and voluntary, and everyone knew there was art, performances, and book readings. I can’t quite understand what all the shock and outrage in the comments is about. Did anyone talk about penises or pull breasts out and invite people to touch personal body parts? I don’t see anything swinging. Everyone looks like they’re more covered than a bathing suit covers, I see smiling and mask protected faces. (Even if a child had an upset face I saw plenty of tears at a kids party this weekend, and I can assure you there was no abuse going on – they just wanted a bag of chips.)
If you don’t like it, don’t attend, don’t donate, but most importantly, do not discriminate. There’s no perversion or endangerment. Clutch the pearls at something that’s a real threat to our kids, like school shootings.
No. While there was not outright nudity or sexual activity, thank God, the photos clearly show men dressed in sexually provocative outfits parading in front of children. Would a wet t shirt contest be family friendly too? This is too much sexuality to present to children. When children are involved, “don’t discriminate” is not a viable answer. Children are sexually exploited every day. Events like this normalize and encourage it. Don’t start with the Pearl clutching line- what, you think you’re cool because you’re “down” with injecting kids into drag culture? You’re not cool, you’re not open minded, you’re not a champion of rights – you’re demented.
Kevin,
Have you been to Compo Beach?
Your argument is what? Because people wear bikinis and so forth at the beach, there is no issue? By this logic, maybe we should hold a “babes in bikinis” event for the middle schools- I think attendance will be strong. The ladies can strut around, perhaps in heels, show their stuff. Maybe dads can attend too… Let’s all just be honest. The sole purpose of this event was to expose children to gay/trans sexuality. To rub it in their faces. But it’s the exposure of children to sexuality that is the gross part here – not the gay/trans part per se… The more I think about it, the more sickening it is. Every adult present at that event is a bona fide creep.
Well said!
Well said to S. Grey that is. lol
John and S.: Would you support children being exposed to erotic pole dancing? Is that also not a form of art? We want to be inclusive right? Are cisgendered strippers not people? Should they not be celebrated? How about twerking? Should we organize kindergartener twerk fest on village green? Twerking has the added benefit of intersectionality with urban culture!
Kevin Burns, you are a master of the logical fallacy. Let’s not talk about things that didn’t happen and whether people would support them. Rather, let’s talk about what did happen… an event with a book reading, a clearly G-rated trans modeling show, lots of inclusive fun.
There was no “twerk fest” no “erotic pole dancing” nor anything against which you are railing.
John Francis, here are some more pictures. https://jerrigrahamphotography.pixieset.com/westportpridedragshowatmoca/
Seems pretty darn sexual to me, similar to a strip tease. Also what’s with the dude on all fours? I guess I’m just a square versus all those wild and crazy middle aged Westporters in the photos basking in the glory of the taut buttocks of the entertainers… Let’s just keep this crap out of the schools, shall we?
Kevin, I don’t need to see pictures as I was actually there. If it seems “pretty darn sexual” to you, that, honest to goodness, says more about you than it says about what was an extremely tame event. Especially noteworthy was the young man from Weston, who gave a very positive message designed to build people up rather than tear them down. Everyone, even you, but especially young people, can benefit from more of that message in their lives.
Hmm. A “woman” dancing around in a minimal amount of tight clothing, with heels, make-up- striking provocative poses- this has nothing to do with sexual titillation? It’s entirely non-sexual? She might as well have been reading a book and wearing a turtleneck and Hush puppies? It’s just a coincidence that she was dressed exactly like a stripper? I do enjoy a good old lib gaslighting – it’s probably why I live in Westport- thank you !
Kevin, you clearly are lashing out because you have a difficult time dealing with your own gender issues. We see it all the time with Puritanical (and hypocritical) conservatives like yourself.
It was a perfectly innocent, g-rated, and positive event. You obviously weren’t there. That you feel the need to respond to every single comment is telling. “The lady doth protest too much.”
You can go back in your closet now.
John Francis. Nice try but I’m not the one who hangs out with scantily clad transvestites and children on the weekend. I am the farthest thing from a Puritan or a closeted homosexual you can imagine. I’ve got close gay friends and couldn’t care less how adults interact physically with each other. But children need to be protected. A sexy cabaret style drag show with men crawling on the floor (picking up money?) is not suitable for children. It’s just obviously not. Was there full nudity? No. Were ping pong balls flying out of anyone? No. But is that the standard we now apply to our children? I know the LGBTQIA++ community wants to keep pushing the envelope when it comes to kids but this escalation needs to stop. Tolerance: yes. Sexual imagery and behavior being force fed to young kids: no. Again, just keep your creepy little drag shows out of our schools. Stay the f away from my kids. It’s not too much to ask is it?
It was a G-rated event that was free to anyone who wanted to attend. Nothing was “force fed” to anyone. You’re the one scouring the Internet looking for pictures, not the rest of us. You have a gay friend? You sound like the racists who say “but I have black friends” or “racism is nonexistent because Michael Jordan is a billionaire.” You are so obsessed with the drag show that you have posted ten comments (and surely one more is coming). Your comment about others looking at the picture link that you posted on another thread speak to both your childishness and the insecurities that you have. You are projecting those insecurities on others. Just because things make you uncomfortable doesn’t mean they make everyone else uncomfortable. Sad to have such a life.
I am “obsessed” with it because it’s wrong and we need to draw attention to the excesses of the progressives, who are hijacking our communities and schools and ramping up the sexual content. These “family friendly” drag shows are happening all over the country. They are inappropriate. You are doing the typical leftist routine where you project all these “deplorable” qualities onto me to deflect from this main point: I am a religious right nut job, I am a homophobe, I am a repressed homosexual. But I am none of these things in the remotest sense. Yes, my gay friend and I were recently discussing this kid drag show nonsense- he totally agrees with me and also thinks this advocacy of gender fluidity is harmful to gay kids (who are now misinterpreting their sexual orientation for their gender identity). You don’t have the moral high ground here. I am not the pervert. I didn’t scour them internet for those photos, they were linked in the article. I am not the one seeing this incorrectly. You are. You are among a group of people trying to expose our children to inappropriate sexual content and to impress transgenderism on their minds when they haven’t even mastered the multiplication table. Call us whatever names you want but you need to be stopped and your movement needs to be stopped. And it will, because most parents have basic common sense, love their children and want to protect them.
Kevin. Here’s a simple idea. If you are offended by this, don’t attend. It really is that easy.
Don’t tell other people how to parent. It really isn’t your business.
Finally, you are seriously confused about the differences between “gay,” “trans,” “drag,” etc. Maybe part of the problem here is that since you don’t understand it you don’t think others can or should, either?
“Let’s all just be honest?” No, let’s listen to Kevin Burns project his own insecurities on everyone else. As my mother taught me when I was very young, don’t judge others by yourself. Clearly, you are attempting to project what your motivations would be on people that you don’t know at all.
What you are uncomfortable with, you call “perversion.” You really have some serious issues you should deal with before declaring yourself to be the great arbiter of parenting. I don’t know if you are a parent or not, but I can only imagine the many years of therapy your children would need, having been subjected to your rants about perversion. I hope they make their way through without too much damage.
I’m done wasting my time with, yes, a bigoted and probably closeted know-nothing who wants to tell everyone else what to do. People like you are America’s Taliban. But I bet in other conversations you rant about freedom and others telling you what to do.
John Francis: My interest in shielding children from inappropriately sexual content does not make me a pervert or a bigot or a moron. Yes, I understand the meaning of the terms gay, trans and drag. These are not difficult concepts, although I confess to being confused by some of the 74 other genders that we are told exist now. While you accuse me of barbarism, let me ask about your beliefs. Do you think a 5 year old boy who expresses interest in wearing a dress should have gender reassignment surgery? And if we want to show respect for the trans community, why not do a program honoring Admiral Rachel Levine? Why does it have to involve tight clothes, bare bottoms and high heels? Would we have a similar kind of sexy dance routine to honor the AAPI community? The real American Taliban these days are the progressive left- forcing their depraved ideology on the rest of us, scrambling the brains of children with their gender fluidity ideology, in some cases mutilating their genitals, and showing no tolerance for any contrary point of view. You are on the wrong side of history John. Five years ago a family friendly drag show would have been unimaginable. It is beneath Westport to promote this event. But go ahead and raise your kids as you see fit. Just keep your twisted mentality away from mine. Enjoy the weekend.
Thank you, S. Grey for a rational description of situation.
This is wrong. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Talk about horrible parenting! This is not about being inclusive. This is fundamentally inappropriate for children and is just unnecessary. If adults want a drag show, go ahead. Do whatever you want! I’m all for being inclusive and support gay people but this is just beyond. It’s wrong. It’s age inappropriate and extremely confusing, scary even. It makes me sad that kids have parents who are so clueless who think it’s a great idea for their 5 year old to see a man in drag.