High-profile drag queens are now touring with armed security and metal detectors

High-profile drag performers are beefing up security following last month’s shooting at the LGBTQ+ nightclub, Club Q, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The attack left five people dead and more than a dozen injured after a shooter opened fire during a drag show. The shooting followed months of virulent anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric aimed at drag performers, both online and from Republican lawmakers hoping to score political points by falsely painting drag queens as “groomers” and “pedophiles.”

Now, several RuPaul’s Drag Race alums say they are traveling with increased security, using metal detectors at gigs, and planning escape routes at venues.

“We’re trying to smile and make people happy for the holidays, and in the back of our heads we’re thinking, ‘I hope I don’t get shot,’” Jinkx Monsoon told NBC News.

Monsoon said she was already taking increased precautions due to hostility toward drag performers, which has led to…

Read full story, and more, from Source: High-profile drag queens are now touring with armed security and metal detectors

Share

About Gay Today

Editor of Gay Today