We have the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence doing good works. One visited our church during Pride Week and was a sheer delight.

I have been to Gay Bingo in Seattle several times and it is more fun than anyone ought to have! It was hosted by Dan Savage and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Yes, many years ago I attended a bingo event.

It was a fun time.

We went to the first three of RuPaul's DragCons, and yes, most of the people there were women. There were very few people at first, but now they are so crowded that we do not go anymore.

We went to a couple of the after hours parties, and the entertainment there was excellent.

Oh, what fun! I haven't been to drag queen bingo, but I'd go in a heartbeat. You're going to have a blast, I'm sure! I've been to a number of drag shows and they were pure delight. Enjoy!

What used to be fun is now all so tawdry that no way would I encourage this 'entertainment' It's just not cool when you put your 'individuality' in the face of children. HARD PASS.

Who said anything about kids? Anyway, I'm grateful my grown up kid is so accepting, weloming, and open-minded.

Children? The events I attended were adult only.

Sushi, that sounds so fun. I’d love to go.

Lars, great picture.

I attended a drag queen brunch for my 75th birthday. It was a gift from my daughter and I had so much fun. Unfortunately when someone heard it was my birthday I was given a lap dance ! I don't think I ever laughed so hard. Great fun.

"And audience is 95% women."

This seems reasonable. My experience has been that drag-type events and shows are of interest to women and usually of no interest at all to men.

There is a drag queen story time in my community for younger children. I think they'll be ok. Individuality isn't a disease that one can catch.

Feathers, why "drag queen" story time? That is truly crazy to subject children to see that. When I've seen snippets of news and twitter on that very thing, I kind of thought it was fake, or at least, hoped it was. I guess it really is happening, so sad.

I saw a Drag Show in Vegas in my 20's and thought it was hilarious and fun.

Saw one when I was 50 in Chicago-totally grossed me out and felt dirty having seen it. I was also closer in space to the drag queens in Chicago and could see "everything" they were trying to hide and I couldn't figure out at the time, the chest plate (whatever it's called) they had on and it just looked too freaky and not right to me. I remember praying for forgiveness that night for going and will never go again. I was open-minded enough to go, but can't help the way you truly feel about something.

My husband or son would not go in a million years.

^^^Even bad publicity can be good they say LOL

Not stepping into that ring with you, OllieJane, but good try.

Oooo, mtnrdredux_gw, let's talk favorite drag names. I like Mimi Imfirst. Hedda Lettuce hosts shows here regularly. Haven't seen Helena Handbasket in a while.

I see nothing wrong with Drag Queen story time. As long as the jokes are clean, there's nothing R rated about it. It's fun, silly, campy entertainment with colorful makeup and clothing. I think the idea is cute!

I don't see the point of drag queen story time for kids. Drag queens can be hilarious and fun for adults, but what would kids get out of it? It is adult entertainment as far as I'm concerned.
I remember a very popular TV show in Seattle when I was a kid - he was a clown and had a sidekick that was a guy dressed like a woman. It was very confusing and kind of creepy to me, but adults thought it was hilarious.

I don't see the point of many kinds of children's entertainment, which can be a mix of funny, odd, and perhaps a little creepy to some (so many of the character designs from the 70s were nightmare fuel to me as a little kid). Kids entertainment is weird.

Some parents would like to expose their kids to different cultures and different experiences. Many parents would like to take their kids to things that are going to be entertaining to kids and adults alike, so they're not completely bored.

What would kids get out of it? The kids are being read kids books by people who love to joke around and play things up. I can only imagine the readings are done with so much energy. Drag queens are hilarious, vivacious entertainers. It's kind of perfect for reading stories, I think.

I agree, SeattleMCM, some of what passes for kids entertainment is creepy or insipid, and drag queens are neither. Also, kids *love* costumes, over-the-top enactments of stories, campy stuff and playing with identity, right from peek-a-boo on up, so I can see the appeal. Hope I’ll be able to take some grandchildren to a drag queen story hour one day.

This is almost child abuse. You are messing up their little minds for something they aren't prepared for yet-if ever. Makes me really sad.

One of our libraries has drag queen story time. It is a huge hit. A man dressed up in a costume reads stories to them in a hilarious, age appropriate manner. The kids get it. It’s a person wearing a costume, kind of like Halloween, but better.

And Sushi, have fun! Hope you win a designer bag.

Either a total stranger or someone too cowardly to use their "real" name gave us this gem:

It's just not cool when you put your 'individuality' in the face of children.

Umm, what?

Have any of you ever been to Dixie Longate’s Tupperware Party? She for real sells Tupperware at her show and it is one of the funniest stage presentations you have ever seen. Mostly clean but there are some PG-13 references for sure. And her name….

To little kids, it's just dress up. No different than Halloween, or wearing any other costume.

Now taking little kids to see Bambi? That's child abuse! That movie traumatized me!

I don’t see it as any different than Disney, et al. Kids love costumes and dress-up, they don’t care who’s under the clothes. It’s not S.ex Ed, or their adult performances — it’s teaching kids a love of reading, as well as acceptance and feeling secure. All good things, all positive.

(To be fair, I don't get the point of having people read to groups of kids. I didn't like it when I was a kid and my own kids sure didn't have the patience when they were small. It's slow and you can't see the pictures.)

what fun

OMG jinx on Jinx. We were crossposting and literally saying the exact same thing! 😆

Ally, I didn’t see about five replies before I posted … I’ve been recovering my desk chair and am checking in and out. ”Jinx on Jinx” 😄

"This is almost child abuse"

Oh no, exposing kids to different kinds of identities. IT MIGHT GIVE THEM NOTIONS! (clutches pearls)

You owe me a Coke sister!

I like rum in my Coke. Or just rum. Either way...

😆💜

I forgot to say, Sushi, have fun and hope you win something!

Do very many people take children to Bingo nights?

FWIW, most Disney movies are very upsetting for young children - esp. the classics. I was traumatized by Bambi as well when I was around 4 - my mom had to take me out of the theater because I became hysterical at the death of Bambi's mother.

And 'drag' is an old tradition going back generations - how about these 'queens'?

And how is this any different? Fake hair, fake eyelashes, gobs of makeup, ultra high heels, over the top clothes. The only way a young child might see any difference is if their grownups explained it to them in detail.

'Drag' is a caricature of femininity. Fashion nowadays has so much that's derived from such exaggerations. How can anyone avoid seeing it?

Deserves one of the 'Best threads of the year' award if we had such a thing.

Sushi, Happy Birthday ahead of time. I think laughing is the fountain of youth, so the next morning after the bingo night out, you should be about 5 years younger.

Children’s storytime is more than reading a book to them. Its games and songs and even dancing. A good storyteller can really engage the kids. Im sure some are better than others.

Plopping your child in front of Cailou is child abuse, imo. (But I still love you, Canada).

We went to see Dame Edna at a theater in Los Angeles in the 1990s, and the show was great - and it sold out. We had to sit in the balcony, but we still had a good view, although the audience close to the stage got a much more personal involvement. The audience was mixed, about 50/50 men and women, but then the show was in Hollywood.

We first started going back in the early eighties, no bingo and few women. Then, life got in the way. Then for whatever reason we had none near. Now there is a place close that just does a sort of guest spot on the entertainment rotation. I’ll have to see the reviews first.

Carole, it was Snow White that did me in as a kid. The witch and the poison apple! Had to be taken out of the theater and my older sister was so mad at me.

Dumbo did me in.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment in Disney’s Fantasia — with the dividing and multiplying brooms — scared me as a kid.

Also Santa Claus with the obviously fake white beard in the department store gave me the creeps. At a distance, I was fine; something about seeing his mouth and jaw move independently of the beard — which really, really looked fake — bothered me a lot.

Bunny - yes, Dumbo for me as well.

Have fun! Nothing like that around where I live. I think it'd be fun, except for the designer bags, not my thing.

This thread just makes me happy, knowing that there are so many fun-loving people who post here! I was thinking of taking my mom to a drag brunch for her 83rd birthday, but the logistics proved a bit too difficult. Still, what a joy that there are so many who openly embrace drag. It's just a rollicking good time! Oh, and Hedda Lettuce is legendary! 💚

ETA: Want to really traumatize a child? Two words: Noah's Ark.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a nightmare for sure!

I didn't see Dumbo as a kid - it probably would've killed me. The Baby Mine scene never fails to makes me cry now.

Its really weird how adults like to sexualize everything. Kids do not think that way. Drag is a costume, fun for everyone! Its no different than an old guy dressing up as Santa and having kids sit in his lap. There is nothing sexual in it. Because normal kids DO NOT THNK THAT WAY. A person in drag reading a kids book to kids is on no way shape or form problematic as long as the book and behavior of the reader is appropriate. Yeesh. An adult drag show is no different than other adult entertainment. A time and place for everything.

Lets talk about how every Disney Princess is around 16 years old when the older men around her start pursuing her, and their fathers are trying to marry them off. As an adult, I could rage at how that warps a young persons mind into thinking that females are but things to be possessed and traded, and how 16 is too young to be married. OOORRR I could remember that at 4, 16 did in fact seem rather grown up, but by the time I reached 16, a normal childhood punctuated with fun princess movies lead me to have a little bit of common sense to realize that these are stories, characters ,fairy tales, not a guideline to values, morals, or life lessons. There are no magic carpets, talking candlesticks, or fairy godmothers in real life. But there are people of different lifestyles, and it makes sense to expose children to everyone early and in an appropriate manner. Doing such immunizes them against misguided and bigoted propaganda later in life, such as a person in drag reading a childrens book to children is child abuse. Eye roll.

I was once a victim of a tirade in which a very strange woman was ranting about how "Beauty and the Beast" promoted immoral carnal relations between people and animals. Some people have really really sick minds to make such a conclusion. Again, kids young enough to enjoy that movie are not thinking about that. They are seeing the magic!!!! Weirdo........

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