Katelyn Burns: Drag Queen Story Hour has GOP so riled up they drafted the most anti-trans bill in decades.
On Monday, the Idaho Capital Sun reported a chilling announcement from Idaho Family Policy Center President Blaine Conzatti: The upcoming state legislative session will include a new bill, co-drafted by the group, that will ban public drag performances throughout Idaho. If passed into law, the Idaho measure would be the most draconian government measure taken against LGBTQ people in several decades.
The Idaho legislation comes amid a national panic on the right over Drag Queen Story Hour, which typically features a drag queen in a spangly outfit reading children’s books to kids. Idaho’s conservatives are reacting to a series of controversies that have popped up throughout the state, many driven by a panicky right-wing media environment. Conzatti cited a drag performance in Coeur d’Alene in June in which the performer was accused of exposing himself to children attending the event.
Liberals should not write this bill off, but rather recognize it as the next step in stripping away hard-won protections for LGBTQ Americans. Much of this panic over drag has been driven by large anti-LGBTQ social media accounts like LibsOfTikTok. These accounts
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