A Texas LGBT organization's bid to fill the streets of Dallas with drag queens fell apart after organizers failed to raise sufficient funds.
Dallas Pride had planned to host a"Night of a Thousand Drag Queens" on Aug. 26 to protest a new law set to take effect next month that prohibits sexualized performances from taking place in the presence of children."Unfortunately, Dallas Pride must announce the August 26 Street Party has been cancelled," the organization posted on its website. "The bottom line is the funding just did not come together. These kinds of events are very expensive to produce here in Dallas.
Christine Bengston, the interim executive director of Dallas Pride, told the Dallas Express the group had sought to raise $75,000 for the event and that it was"kind of embarrassing" that it had been unable to generate sufficient funds. “We were hoping and were billing it as a last hurrah to come fill the street with drag queens,” Bengston said. “We thought that people would come together. Well, it didn’t work.”
The law, S.B. 12, was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in June and takes effect in September. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick particularly singled out drag queen shows when advocating the bill's passage."It is shocking to me that any parent would allow their young child to be sexualized by drag shows," Patrick said after the legislature approved the bill in May."Children, who cannot make decisions on their own, must be protected from this scourge facing our state.
A coalition of liberal and LGBT groups, including the ACLU of Texas, have filed lawsuits seeking to strike down the law.
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