Despite the brouhaha over the drag performance, the brunch at Anderson Distillery & Grille was a sold-out event.
Pickets appeared outside the crowded eatery carrying signs that read “Drag the queens out of town” and “Children cannot consent.” But they were outnumbered by the counter-protesters. Protect Texas Kids protesters were joined by others of their ilk, including a person identified as an alleged member of the far-right neo-fascist Proud Boys group, who was photographed holding a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, the Los Angeles Blade reported.
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Twitter / Protect Texas Kids - a nonprofit founded by an anti-trans activist to protect “kids form the toxic agenda of the left” - urged its supporters “to show up in full force and show that the majority of us are against children being involved in these disturbing, sexually explicit shows,” Fox News Digital reported. Anderson Distillery and Grill Antifa members carrying Gay Pride flags came out in force after conservative groups called for a protest. “It is my intention to welcome people from ALL walks of life into Anderson Distillery & Grill.”Īnderson noted that his son, Bailey, performing under the drag name “Trish Delish,” would be overseeing the variety-style show and making sure it “remains clean.” The “Barrel Babes Drag Brunch” included musical numbers and skits performed by drag queens. “It was never my intention to host an event that would result in controversy, hate and divisiveness,” Jay Anderson wrote on Facebook ahead of the brunch.
News of the brunch, which saw drag performers entertain children with musical numbers and comedy skits, had been bouncing around social media platforms for days, prompting conservative groups to call for protests - despite the restaurant owner’s reassurances that the event would include no sexual content, foul language or “erotic behavior.” The angry confrontation, which was watched over by a throng of police officers acting as peacekeepers, did not escalate to physical violence and resulted in no known arrests, according to an official with the Roanoke Police Department, Dallas News reported. Google drops drag show sponsorship in wake of Christian employee petitionĭrag queens chanting ‘we’re coming for your kids’ hurt gay rights LGBTQ activists defend drag queen marchers who chanted ‘We’re coming for your children’ Twitter / DOE probing Marilyn Monroe-themed drag show at NYC special needs school: ‘How do we know another kid won’t flash someone?’ Twitter / Masked anti-fascists brandishing rifles ringed the eatery to protect it from the protesters on Sunday. Antifa members carrying assault-style rifles faced off against right-wing protesters outside a Roanoke, Texas, restaurant that hosted a “drag brunch” for children and families on Sunday. The sold-out “Barrel Babes Drag Brunch” was billed by its organizers as a place where “kindness and inclusion meets fabulous fun.”īut as the video shows, there was more fury than fun on display outside the venue, with gun-wielding conservative group members picketing the restaurant, and masked anti-fascists dressed in black standing guard outside while brandishing AR-15-style rifles and Gay Pride flags. Armed conservative activists and Proud Boys faced off against gun-toting Antifa counter-protesters at a children’s drag brunch in Texas over the weekend.Ī viral video showed the right-wing and left-wing demonstrators yelling at one another on Sunday afternoon outside Anderson Distillery & Grille in Roanoke.
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