Drag Show for Kids at Boise Pride Festival Faces Backlash

The Boise Pride Festival is facing backlash for including a “drag show for kids” in the event.

According to the flier, the “drag show like none other” will include children ages 11-18.

From the Idaho Tribune:

An LGBT event set to take place in Boise Idaho at the State Capitol building will feature performances by children “in drag” on stage for adults. The event, which is heavily sponsored by alcohol brands, HIV testing centers, and banks, will commence on September 9th through the 11th, ending coincidentally on the anniversary of 9-11.

While LGBT parents typically bring their children to watch sexualized dancing of adults on stage, they are now allowing their children to share the stage with adults and perform their own children “drag show” for adults.

As well as announcing the “Drag Kids” event, the Boise Pride Instagram page features a MonkeyPox Vaccine Clinic which is apparently only available to adults above the age of 21.

The Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman, Dorothy Moon, released a statement blasting the event.

Boise Mayor McLean campaigned as a moderate, but she has governed like her radical colleagues in Seattle and Portland. It’s no wonder that she’s now put Boise in the middle of a national firestorm over the sexualization of children. To be clear, this is no sleight-of-hand or political wordsmithing: Idaho’s Democrat party believes it is not only okay but laudable to encourage children to engage in public displays of sexuality. For those who have been following the radicalization of the Democrat party, this should come as no surprise.

 What is surprising is to see who is financing this attack on Idaho’s children. Out-of-state companies promise to bring investment and jobs to Idaho. Instead, they are financing the sexualization of our children and the perverse idea that children should engage in sexual performances with adult entertainers. I call on all concerned Idahoans — and the lobbying groups that represent many of these out-of-state businesses who seek tax benefits and subsidies from our legislators, including IACI — to disavow this attack on Idaho’s children and to invest their sponsorship dollars in the Boise Rescue Mission that serves families, women fleeing abuse, and disadvantaged children. Children should be given the chance to live out a childhood free from violence, hunger, and the sexual appetites of adults.

Dorothy Moon,
Chairwoman of the Idaho Republican Party

Zion Bank was originally among the long list of sponsors, but they have withdrawn its support citing they were unaware of the “event’s activities involving children/minors.”