Teenage drag queen banned from performing at school talent show
 

A ridiculous story tbh, there's no laws against this and I doubt the headteacher would have the same issue if the kid was a girl doing the same routine. It's sad that the only backwards attitude in this story comes from the school itself. If it's just a lipsync to music then there's no reason to prevent him from performing, not all drag is hypersexualised, that's a very general and old fashioned view on things.

If a place had a trademark smell then Dudley's would be the overpowering stench of bad weed and I can only assume that the head is suffering from bad judgement brought on by a secondhand high :hmph: Come thru diversity and tolerance in an area that I didn't think such things existed though :clap1:

I read about this and I felt so bad for ha :( But at least sis is getting proper gigs now collect that cash :clap1:

:clap1: good news a school enforcing rules.

RuPaul's own TV show requires contestants to have a minimum age of 18 years old

oh the wee boy's parents have gone to the media - says it all really

what a surprise

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she now is having a show with Charlie hides and is at dtagworld and that we stan a legend

silly decision from that school, it is a talent show after all, and if this is the boy's talent, so be it

''His performance was a dance to a medley of tracks he mixed with his stepfather including songs by Little Mix, Ariana Grande and RuPaul.''

well he has good music taste then, wow

He is Very Positive
and Brave.

Good. His parents are arseholes for bringing in the press.

Why is it a good thing? I'd like to hear your reasoning tbh.

I'm sure the school wouldn't have a problem with a girl playing a male part in a play or even vice versa. I'm sure they only had a problem with it because drag is a gay thing

Him to snatch the crown in season 17?

I think it's more that Drag is an adult thing.

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Its cash

I know. And yet no one's worried about a 14 year old being exploited.

if the show is age appropriate I don't see what the big issue is. I mean whats so bad about someone lip syncing to a few pop songs??

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"If" being the operative word.

Had the school put on a panto (Cinderella for eg) which traditionally had female parts played by men would they have not allowed it? Kids being creative should not be stopped.

There is no law that I can find that makes it illegal.

The school did not think that mimicking an adult drag act is appropriate and they are right. Their job is to protect all the children not pander to one.

Except it isn't. Drag is becoming mainstream and it's becoming something that can be suitable for all ages. Unless his performance is sexualised or contains inappropriate material for children then the school don't really have a leg to stand on. If it was a group of girls performing the same thing then I doubt it would have happened without incident.

It's ridiculous that, in their statements the school claim to support diversity and inclusion when they are the only ones in this story opposing diversity. I don't blame the parents for bringing attention to such a rampant double standard and hypocrisy.

My daughter's PRIMARY school put together a play last year (P5, 6 and 7) of Robin Hood, and it had a boy playing the Sheriff of Nottingham's "Widow Twankey style" pushy mum :shrug:. He was actually really good :joker:.

[edited to add] Also, the Sheriff himself was played by a girl.

My son played the part of a girl in his last school play in primary school also

I’ll jump in and say his age just might be the reasoning behind it.

At the end of the day that small boy’s a child in Year 9. I wouldn’t call drag appropriate for kids who haven’t even made it past Key Stage 3.

Hopefully he and his mother will learn a lesson about rules and conduct going forward

every day is a school day

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Honestly pathetic, good on his parents for being fully there supporting him and exposing the school :clap1:

Boys and girls acting as the other gender is not quite the same as a drag queen act, you can't perform in a drag queen club until you are 18 so I don't think a school talent show is the place for it, I said the same when those young girls were pole dancing as an act.

Doesnt drag sexualize the whole point? its not the fact of dressing as the other gender its the fact that it shouldn't be able to show sexual stuff in schools

Rules are rules where ever or whatever you do.

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Yet if a young girl dresses up as Harley Quinn for example who is an overtly sexalised character no one bats an eyelid, the issue clearly isn't it not being age appropriate.

did you read the article?

Didn't one kid go to World Book Day as Christian Grey ffs

This poor kid had spent weeks rehearsing an act, making sure any bad language or inappropriate behaviour was removed and then got told it was banned. Let him live!

no way :skull:

me

No, just like this case he was barred

That's pretty bad, he's an actual kid as well not even a teen

plenty bad parents around it seems

If he had been practicing the routines with family for weeks...how come the school did not refuse him doing a drag act earlier? Like, if hes been practicing for it for that long, presumably the teachers knew what he was doing (if not the other kids too), so why was it only the day before they said no :suspect:

It sounds like its not the drag in itself that they had an issue with, given they said he could dress however he wanted. Which says to me, its been the dance routines themselves that have been the problem?

Illegal under 18 though :D LOL. Floundering a bit.