“Those are legal entities, it’s just the content that we were told might occur. “In no way is this meant to disrespect or put down the LGBTQ+ community, or in no way is this meant to restrict drag shows,” Chesterfield Mayor Bob Nation told Fox2 News. In Chesterfield, Missouri, the mayor responded by reaching an agreement to limit the audience to 18 and older. Some of the performances met with protests and debates over age restrictions. “A Drag Queen Christmas,” produced by Murray and Peter Present, marked its eighth year with its 36-city tour in winter 2022. “That includes respecting the rights of parents to decide what content is or is not appropriate for their own children.” “The Plaza Live has always been a welcoming and inclusive establishment that operates in good faith and compliance with all applicable laws,” the board statement said. In a statement, the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation Board of Directors said it had hosted “similar holiday drag performances for 8 consecutive years, without incident.” The very notion of shutting down a small business over a drag show is insane and extreme,” Florida state Rep. “Governor Ron DeSantis’ culture wars are destroying people’s jobs and livelihoods. 28 performance, prompting pushback from a Democratic lawmaker. 3 against the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation and suspended its liquor license over a Dec. ![]() The department’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco filed a complaint Feb. He also said that the hotel’s liquor license “remains in effect and has not been revoked.” “The hotel is the food and beverage concessionaire at the James L. Knight Center, including programming and ticketing, is managed by a third-party operator,” Mr. The hotel “authorized, permitted, and maintained the Show to occur on its Licensed Premises, and, as a direct result of its admissions policies, knowingly exposed minor children to the conduct alleged herein,” the complaint said.Īmir Blattner, Hyatt Regency Miami general manager, said the hotel is reviewing the complaint and will address the situation through the administrative review process. The songs included a version of “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth,” which “contained portrayals of oral fellatio” and the lyrics, “I’ll sit on his lap, he can put his milk and cookies all between my gap.” They included performers who exposed their buttocks as well as prosthetic female breasts and genitalia to the audience simulated masturbation rubbing their prosthetic female breasts against the “faces or oral cavities of audience members,” and “graphic depictions of childbirth and/or abortion.” The complaint alleged that children who appeared younger than 16 were in attendance during the show, which included performers “wearing sexually suggestive clothing and prosthetic female genitalia” engaged in “simulated sexual activity” and “lewd, vulgar, and indecent acts.” The state’s decision to target liquor licenses comes with a culture war raging over drag queens, or men dressed up in outlandish female costumes and make-up, performing at libraries, schools and other venues where children are present. ![]() “Governor DeSantis stands up for the innocence of children in the classroom and throughout Florida.” “Sexually explicit content is not appropriate to display to children and doing so violates Florida law,” Mr. The 17-page complaint said the show was recommended for those 18 and older but allowed children accompanied by an adult to attend, even though the content included “perverted versions of popular children’s Christmas songs” such as “Screwdolph the Red-Nippled Reindeer.”
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