Image: from Meredith Deliso’s “Drag queens protest against Florida law LGBTQ advocates say targets drag shows.”

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2024

Matthew P. Barker: Small group of screaming protesters barge into Drag Queen Storytime at St. Catharines library.

Solcyré Burga and Rebecca Schneid: Why These Drag Artists Are Organizing for Better Protections.

Morgan Meaker: Olympic Drag Artist Nicky Doll Hits Back at Online Hate Mob: Since her performance in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, drag artist Nicky Doll has been hounded by trolls.Now she’s hitting back by suing the man she believes to be their ringleader: Laurence Fox.

Amanda Milkovits: R.I. neo-Nazi member accused of possessing child pornography. Stephen Farrea, of Portsmouth, is part of the Nationalist Social Club-131, which targets drag queen story hours.

Ryan J. Reilly: ‘White Lives Matter’ member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events.

Max Wallis: Drag is under attack across the world: RuPaul’s Drag Race shows why we need it more than ever.

Christopher Wiggins: California Moms for Liberty chair’s shocking attack on drag queens goes viral.

Teddy Wilson: Morning Briefing: Drag Queen Event Target of Protest and Bomb Threat.

2023

Kia Fatahi & Liam Reilly: Member of pro-Nazi group used Molotov cocktails in attempt to burn down Ohio church planning to host a drag event, FBI says.

GLAAD: Drag Events Faced More than 160 Protests and Significant Threats Since Early 2022.

Tess Owen: SWAT Police, Bomb-Sniffing Dogs, and Extremists: A Drag Queen Story Hour in America. A church in Ohio was firebombed and threatened by extremists after it announced a Drag Queen Story Hour for children. But they did not back down.

Heidi Pérez-Moreno: ‘Neo-Nazi group’ harassed drag queens and hotels sheltering migrants.

USA Today: Nazi salutes, pepper spray and pistols: Ohio drag event devolves into an extremist melee.

Emi Tuyetnhi Tran: Anti-drag protests, threats and violence ramp up across the U.S.

Anya Zoledziowski: We Talked to Drag Queens About Being Banned: ‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’. VICE News spoke with drag queens in Tennessee about the new ban on drag shows.

2022

CBS Bay Area: Proud Boys disrupted drag queen storytelling at San Lorenzo library.

Kipp Jones: Man Firebombs Oklahoma Donut Shop After it Hosts Drag Queen Event.

Kelcie Moseley-Morris: Bill prohibiting public drag performances to be introduced in upcoming Idaho legislative session.

Tess Owen:

• Neo-Nazis Protested Near Drag Brunch After Texas GOP Tweeted ‘Alert’: A group of neo-Nazis toting swastikas and transphobic signs gathered near a restaurant hosting a drag brunch in Pflugerville, Texas.
• She Planned a Drag Event For Her Bakery. Now the Far-Right Stalks and Harasses Her.
• Proud Boys, Neo-Nazis, and White Nationalists Protested ‘Drag Bingo’ at Texas Church: About 100 far-right protesters were met by 100 counterprotesters at a Texas church hosting a drag event. Participants from both sides had guns.
• The Far-Right Attacked Drag Events in 4 States This Weekend: Protests against drag events have been an almost weekly occurrence this year. This weekend was no different.