Dave & Buster's blasted for reportedly sponsoring 'youth entertainers drag show'



Dave & Buster's – the entertainment bar restaurant chain – is reportedly sponsoring an LGBTQ pride event that includes a "youth entertainers drag show." The controversial event has been criticized by many.

Dave & Buster's is known for entertainment, arcade games, and alcohol, but it is under fire for allegedly sponsoring a drag show event for children in Wisconsin.

The Libs of TikTok account noted: "Dave & Busters is sponsoring a pride event in Wisconsin where children will dress up in drag and perform a sexual-themed show as adults clap along and encourage them."

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Social media posts from the N.E.W. Pride organization appear to confirm the LGBT event featuring "youth entertainers drag show."

Friday's schedule for the N.E.W. Pride events is expected to be restricted to ages "21+," but there does not appear to be any age restriction for Saturday's LGBTQ events.

The website for N.E.W. Pride – previously known as "Rainbow Over Wisconsin" – states: "Rainbow Over Wisconsin was founded in 1996 with the goal to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites. Rainbow Over Wisconsin (ROW) produced many community events including Pride Alive, the ROW Gala, Pride Prom, and many others. Now, with a refreshed strategic direction that better serves Northeastern Wisconsin, ROW is becoming N.E.W. Pride."

According to social media posts from last year's N.E.W. Pride Alive event, small children engaged with drag queen performers.

The Dave & Buster's Twitter account had been blasted by commentators questioning the alleged sponsorship of the "youth entertainers drag show," but the arcade bar company had yet to respond to overwhelming criticism. A few have suggested a boycott of Dave & Buster's.

TheBlaze reached out for comment from Dave & Buster's regarding the "youth entertainers drag show," but did not receive a response by the time of publication.

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Joe Rogan dismantles leftist narrative on drag shows with children: 'Why is this happening and why was this never happening before?'



Joe Rogan dismantled many of the talking points surrounding the movement to include children at drag shows during his incredibly popular podcast show.

Rogan tackled the controversial issue during the show with comedian and columnist Bridget Phetasy.

"I've seen this argument that where people are saying, like you know, I would want my, you know, child grow up and know that you can express yourself in any way possible? Okay, well how would you feel about family friendly strip shows where you have biological women that are sticking their ass out and put a, put a dollar in her g-string Billy," said Rogan.

"You know what, like you would be weirded out by that? Right? Well it's not much different because it's sexualized, like a drag queen show in a lot of ways is sexualized. And so you're sexualizing this idea of these men, many of them have autogynophilia, they get a sexual kink out of dressing up as women, and then they're doing that in front of children," he added.

"It's one thing to say, hey, they should be able to do whatever they want, people love drag queen shows, you should definitely be able to do that if you're a grown man," Rogan added. "But it's another thing to say, let's take children to see this and encourage this."

"Yeah," Phetasy responded.

"And also encourage these children to participate and to go and give them money and you know, I've seen these drag queen shows where there's a woman, a trans woman, or a drag, I don't know how they identify, but with a g-string and high heels with stars covering their nipples, and they have giant fake t***, and they're holding hands with this little child," Rogan continued.

"And everyone's cheering and they're walking the little child around and showing them how to twerk and this is f***ing wild!" he said. "Because it's only sexual. So you're sexualizing this in front of these children, which is very weird."

Phetasy made the distinction between drag shows with children and drag queen story hour, something people on the right have also protested.

Rogan went on to cite the popular Libs of TikTok account that documents some of the more egregious instances where people on the left publish their extremist beliefs and activities about gender and sexual identity.

"And the thing is, it's not one, it's not just one instance where some wacky community thought it was cool to do this," Rogan said.

"It's like, why is this happening and why was this never happening before?" he concluded rhetorically.

Here's the video of Rogan's comments:

\u201c\u201cThey get a sexual kink out of dressing up as women [and perform] in front of children\u201d.\n\nJoe Rogan and @BridgetPhetasy discuss the Woke trend of \u2018family friendly\u2019 drag shows for kids as seen on @libsoftiktok\u201d
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Drag queen performer defends shows for children, says drag shows teach kids that 'there are no boundaries'



A drag queen performer defended shows for children by saying that drag shows teach kids that there are no boundaries and that nobody can tell them who they are.

In a video published by the far-left "Now This" news media outlet, performer Ginger Ladd explained that drag queens are smart enough to change their shows to be age appropriate for their audience.

"I'm desperate to show everybody my love, and have them receive that love for what it is," says Ladd on the video.

"Whether or not it's a show in which it's 21 plus and we're doing some good old Nicki Minaj," Ladd explained, "or whether or not it's an all family affair and we get to do homages to Disney."

As Ladd continues talking, the video shows him performing with children handing him money at a drag show.

"The magic is there," Ladd continued. "Don't deny those children the magic of knowing that they belong.

Ladd went on to claim that performers make their shows age appropriate when they see children in the audience.

"We actually tailor our shows to specific audiences. And it's always kind of a magic thing, too, when I step out on stage," Ladd continued. "I gauge the audience. I do ask questions. 'Who's my youngest person here?'"

Further on in the video Liam Kahn, the executive director for "Drag the Vote," claims that the concern over drag shows and grooming of children was a "manufactured" crisis.

"It's not an issue at all," he says.

Conservatives have criticized the movement to include children at supposedly "family friendly" drag shows on the basis that they are age inappropriate and involve the sexualization of children. Supporters of those drag shows argue that children need to be exposed to alternate lifestyles at an early age in order to avoid bigotry and discrimination against LGBTQ people and other alternative lifestyles.

Here's the video of the drag queen comments:

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