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<p>Texas lawmakers have been dancing around the idea of banning young children from attending drag shows in the state, so y&#8217;all know RuPaul had a few things to say!</p>
<p>While speaking with James Cordon during a recent appearance on &#8216;The Late Late Show,&#8217; RuPaul expressed his confusion with the proposed law, especially in light of the steadily increasing number of students dying at the hands of firearms. As we&#8217;ve reported, the state recently lost 19 students after a school shooting in Uvalde.</p>
<blockquote><p>This is a diversion tactic to take the narrative away from the gun debate into something to scare people into thinking about something else and they&#8217;ve been successful. They have changed the narrative away from the gun debate into this drag queen thing. It&#8217;s like y&#8217;all want to help your kids? Take away them guns, that will help your kids. Drag queens ain&#8217;t hurting nobody&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<p>Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton proposed legislation to ban minors from attending drag shows on June 6&#8211;just two weeks after the school shooting in Uvalde. Slaton tweeted his proposition, along with a formal statement, after seeing a viral video of children who were present at the &#8216;Drag the Kids to Pride Drag Show.&#8217; The statement read:</p>
<blockquote><p>The events of this past weekend were horrifying and show a disturbing trend in which perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children. As a father of two young children, I would never take my children to a drag show and I know Speaker Dade Phelan and the rest of my Republican colleagues wouldn&#8217;t either. Protecting our own children isn&#8217;t enough, and our responsibility as lawmakers extends to the sexualization that is happening across Texas.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<p>We&#8217;ll keep you updated on the progress of this legislation, Roomies.</p>
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