Mrs. Kasha Davis on Drag Story Hour and Conservative Bans: ‘You Don’t Have to Understand What Isn’t for You’
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Mrs. Kasha Davis’ run on “RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars” Season 8 was short-lived — the returning Season 7 alum was eliminated after just three episodes — but you haven’t seen the last of the queen.
She can be found hosting Drag Story Hour. Drag Story Hour, a storytelling event for kids and teens, has been at the center of anti-drag and anti-trans legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers in the U.S in efforts to ban children from drag performances.
Davis says the popularity of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and drag being in the mainstream is what creates fear among conservative Americans as the LGBTQ community comes under legislative attack and anti-queer hate crimes appear to be on the rise. “Drag is so much more accepted and talked about and present.
A conservative might get wind of that and say, ‘That scares me. I don’t understand it and I’m angry,” she says. “You don’t have to understand what isn’t for you.
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