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Episode 139 uploaded December 26: Sam Goldman talks to Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, organizer and writer, about
the recent attack on power stations in Moore County, North Carolina, and
how the attacks on drag story hours are being used by the larger
fascist movement.
Then, we talk to drag performers Desmond and Paradise about the joys and benefits of drag
story hours, not just for the LGBTQ community but for everyone who wants
to bring a little more empathy, creativity and fun into the world.
Glenn Frisbie-Fulton: This was part of an escalation of folks targeting the queer community. But drag shows in particular have seen primarily mobilized by proud boys, protests at gay pride events, other drag story hours, and drag shows across the state.
Desmond: Drag is being yourself and creating a character who you enjoy being, I enjoy performing, because I can make people happy. And I love the cheers just the happiness that comes with performance to see kids being able to be themselves without their parents being called "groomers" or them being called "disappointments."
Sam Goldman: Trans folks have been specifically targeted for torment by fascist forces in the United States, from the Republi-fascists in Congress to terrorist misogynists like the Proud Boys who have been whipping up bigotry against LGBTQ people for years, and much more intensely so in the last six months. This anti-LGBTQ violence is the predictable outcome given the fascist propaganda and venom from the Lauren Boberts and the Marjorie Taylor Greenes, on loop from the mouths of Tucker Carlson and others on Fox News, from "influencers" like Tim Poole and Matt Walsh. It is now commonplace to hear about doctors and hospitals facing bomb threats for providing gender affirming care, for attacks to be planned on Pride events, for drag shows to be met with armed "protesters," and for family-friendly Drag Story Hours to not only face demonization on fascist propaganda networks like Fox News, but to face harassment reminiscent of the experience of the decades of terror by the anti's at abortion clinics.
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