“This is what EVIL looks like…,” tweeted conservative podcaster Graham Allen. “Remember that thing they said they totally are not doing?” Ellis tweeted. Jenna Ellis, a conservative lawyer who uses Twitter to attack the LGBTQ community, implicitly referenced decades-old stereotypes of LGBTQ people as pedophiles or groomers who pose a threat to children’s safety. While it is unclear what the Drag March has to do with gender-affirming care, Greene, like other conservative pundits, appears to have assumed that exposure to drag will inevitably lead youth to experience gender dysphoria and wish to pursue gender transitions. The bill mentioned by Greene, which she sponsored, would make it a felony to inform minors about gender-affirming care or make it easier for them to access such treatments. Mississippi Libraries Ban Youth from Accessing E-Books

“Pass the Protect Children’s Innocence Act.

Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), infamous for making homophobic remarks. “This movement grooms minors to have mastectomies and castration and fuels a multi-billion dollar medical child abuse industry,” tweeted U.S. Social conservatives - who have largely always viewed LGBTQ people skeptically - latched onto the first part of the chant as alleged “proof” of the LGBTQ community’s ill intent to indoctrinate children into being LGBTQ or embracing gender nonconformity. Video of the march posted to Twitter on June 23 by Timcast News, an organization launched by conservative podcaster Tim Pool, shows a group of people, all wearing an array of colorful outfits and wigs, marching and waving a black flag with a rainbow-striped heart with the words “Drag Is Not A Crime.”īy the evening of June 26, just three days after being posted, the video had amassed over 4.8 million views on Twitter. But at a time when LGBTQ-themed events are under scrutiny - due partly to an emboldened right-wing backlash against LGBTQ visibility and public expressions of gender nonconformity - this particular chant may not have been the best choice of words.

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