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PORTLAND, Maine (CITC) — A high school in Portland, Maine has invited performers from "Maine's #1 Traveling Drag Show," the Curbside Queens, to hold a discussion for students on the "History of Drag and Queer Joy."
First reported by the Maine Wire, Deering High School's Extended Learning Opportunities program, which focuses on youth leadership and career development, announced the upcoming event on social media earlier this week.
"This a Friday! @deering_gsa will@be hosting #historyofdrag & queer joy discussion in Ms Eifermans class in 313. Be sure to sign up with Ms Eiferman or Ms Williams during learning center!" the social media post, which contained a flyer for the event, states.
The event, which is being hosted by the school's Gay-Straight Alliance, will be held on campus, according to the flyer. However, the flyer does not identify which age groups can and cannot attend.
Curbside Queens was established during the pandemic, meant to be a fun activity to boost morale during a time of great social disconnectedness. It eventually morphed into one of Maine's largest traveling drag shows.
In 2021, the group performed 85 shows in 20 weeks, according to the Curbside Queens website. By 2022, Curbside Queens was comprised of a "rotating cast of 8 of Maine's best drag performers," the group's website notes.
Today, a 50-minute Curbside Queens show would runs customers $250, with additional fees based on how far the performers have to travel.
One of the group's co-founders, Gigi Gabor, as well as another performer named Chartreuse Money, will be hosting the Friday discussion at Deering High School.
Critics of the event expressed outrage on social media, with one person suggesting a protest was being organized to take place during the event Friday outside the school.
"WoW tax dollars are really going towards this??? Schools should have no place for these types of events," one person commented on Deering High School's post announcing the event. "I'm all for supporting the LGBT community, but these types of performances are for adult content."
"I use to also work at the gay bars in Portland and find this appalling that drag performers are trying to push and preform these types of acts to young children," the commenter continued. "What's next the school system gonna start showing straight porn at the schools next for sex education??? There needs to be a line drawn."
The National Desk (TND) reached out to Portland Public Schools to inquire whether the district supported the event and learn details on whether there was any age restriction for who could attend. TND did not immediately hear back, but if a response is received, this story will be updated.
To Jack Eiferman and Fern Fisher on the birth of their first
grandchild, Ronit B Eiferman Powell, to parents Reva Eiferman
and Henry Powell.
Along with our parents, Matt & Susan Powell and Fern Fisher & Jack Eiferman, we are happy to invite you to our wedding on Sunday, October 8th in Portland. Maine in the Fall is beautiful and we hope that you can join us for the celebration and enjoy a bit of Portland.
The wedding ceremony will take place in downtown Portland at 2pm, followed by dinner and a party at the Powell’s home in Scarborough, 20 minutes away. Make sure to check out the Transportation tab as we will be providing 2 different transportation options from the ceremony to the party.
We’re looking forward to seeing you if you can make it, and we hope you can! But we do understand that life gets busy, and a trip to Maine may not work out. Please let us know either way by September 1st on the RSVP tab at the top of this website.
In addition to the wedding on Sunday, here’s a breakdown of optional weekend events (these may change, so check back as we get closer to the date):
Friday Night: Optional 80’s dance party at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge in Portland (dress-up is encouraged), 9pm.
Saturday Night: Informal meetup at Bunker Brewing Company (17 Westfield St d, Portland, ME 04102), 830pm-11pm.
Sunday Wedding: Ceremony at 2 pm at the Maine Jewish Museum in Downtown Portland. Party following the Ceremony, starting around 330pm, at Matt and Susan Powell’s home in Scarborough, ME. Parking shuttle from a nearby lot and a bus from downtown Portland.
Monday: Casual Brunch, 1030am-whenever Henry and Reva's house, 60 Kenilworth St, Portland ME 04102. Bagels, fruit and coffee provided.
Used to be normal: https://montclairathletics.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/olivia-prusakowski/17161My name is Olive prusakowski, I am 23 years old and my pronouns are they/she. I do community engagement work for public transportation and my roommate (who will be staying) does active transportation work for Portland trails. We just moved here about a month ago so we have not found furniture for the whole place yet. he rainbow futon will be going with my current roommate who will be moving out. She also has a cat who lives here, so all of the cat stuff, and the cat, will be going too.
Looking for a third roommate who I can get along with but I also value my alone time. In my free time I like to hike, climb, read and watch anime/ other animated shows and also anything marvel.
It's honestly time to end this shit, with the use of violence if necessary.There are NO innocent reasons to remove the barriers. Every single one of these people is a pedo or an enabler
Keep Austin Weird. No surprise there. That venue started off as a vegan bar, was way smaller and hosted a lot of punk shows and assorted sxsw events. I had no idea it turned into a gay bar. The library gets away with it since South by Southwest is being held in the city and they set up a booth giving away pamphlets, assorted swag and of course monetary support to the venue that ends up going back to the city. Here's an ad for the event:
It has always been like this. He made a TV-friendly version but it was always a form of "adult entertainment" or burlesque at best.I know times be changin', but have they? I liked RPDR and watched the first 6 seasons, but that was the only exposure I had to drag queens. I ended up moving across from a drag club and thought it may be a fun place to grab some drinks and watch a show, but the clientele was not what I was expecting. There weren't bachelorette parties or other queens and gays attending, there were business-type men. If you didn't know any better, you'd assume it was just another strip club. Eventually, I met nice gay man, and after some chatting he invited me to his drag show later that night. I was all-in until he told me his performance has knife and needle play, and that he sticks needles through his skin and even lets some audience members poke him during the show.
My question is: did RPDR wash away as much degeneracy as possible to make drag more palatable for TV, or has drag evolved into this super freaky shock-value performance art that we're seeing now? Did queens ever advocate for child audiences before this "trans kids" era?
Most of these people are not "drag queens" in the traditional sense, but simply troons and often registered sex offenders.I know times be changin', but have they? I liked RPDR and watched the first 6 seasons, but that was the only exposure I had to drag queens.
Most of these people are not "drag queens" in the traditional sense, but simply troons and often registered sex offenders.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas...g-show-saying-denigrates-women-akin-blackfaceWalter Wendler, the campus president of West Texas A&M University, criticized drag shows as an event that demeans and diminishes women while canceling an event on campus.
Wendler sent out an email to the school on Monday announcing that the college would not be hosting a planned drag show charity performance titled "A Fool’s Drag Race" on Mar. 31. The performance was originally meant to raise money for the transgender crisis management non-profit organization The Trevor Project.
While Wendler supported donating money to the organization itself, he denounced drag shows as demeaning to women under the subject headline "A Harmless Drag show? No Such Thing."
"Does a drag show preserve a single thread of human dignity? I think not. As a performance of exaggerating aspects of womanhood (sexuality, femininity, gender), drag shows stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood. Any event that diminishes an individual or group through representation is wrong," Wendler wrote.
He also compared the act of taking part in drag shows akin to "blackface" in terms of denigration.
"As a university president, I would not support 'blackface' performances on our campus, even if told the performance is a form of free speech or intended as humor. It is wrong. I do not support any show, performance or artistic expression which denigrates others—in this case, women—for any reason," he wrote.
Wendler continued, "Forward-thinking women and men have worked together for nearly two centuries to eliminate sexism. Women have fought valiantly, seeking equality in the voting booth, marketplace and court of public opinion. No one should claim a right to contribute to women’s suffering via a slapstick sideshow that erodes the worth of women."
"Should I let rest misogynistic behavior portraying women as objects?" he asked.
Regarding school policy, Wendler stood by the promise that his university will stand by its policy to "provide fair opportunities" to individuals.
"[West Texas] intends to provide fair opportunities to all based on academic performance. Ideas, not ideology, are the coin of our realm. A university campus, charged by the state of Texas to treat each individual fairly, should elevate students based on achievement and capability, performance in a word, without regard to group membership—an implacable and exacting standard based on educational mission and service to all, sanctioned by the legislature, the governor and numerous elected and appointed officials," he wrote. "[West Texas] endeavors to treat all people equally. Drag shows are derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny, no matter the state intended. Such conduct runs counter to the purpose of [West Texas]."
Students criticized Wendler’s email and later set up a petition to have the event restored, attacking the comparison to blackface.
"Not only is this a gross and abhorrent comparison of two completely different topics, but it is also an extremely distorted and incorrect definition of drag as a culture and form of performance art," the petition read.
A protest was also held on campus with students planning to hold additional protests every day this week in support of transgender rights.
Critics also claimed that Wendler violated school policy. According to the petition, the university’s policy read, "The university may not take action against a student organization or deny the organization any benefit generally available to other student organizations at the university on the basis of a political, religious, philosophical, ideological, or academic viewpoint expressed by the organization or any expressive activities of the organization."
Wendler did not respond to Fox News Digital for a comment.
The video if anyone is interested:Look up the "queer theory pedophilia jeopardy" video. Queer theory was founded by pedos, for pedos, and is all about rationalizing pedophilia.
That dude sure looks like a future member of the sex offender registry.