Drag March to take place Sunday in West Hollywood
qvoicenews.comDrag March LA will take place Sunday in West Hollywood to protest the more than 400 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation lawmakers have proposed or passed in 2023.
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More than 40 LGBTQ+ organizations, faith groups, queer and trans activists, and drag artists will participate, according to the Los Angeles LGBT Center, which organized the Drag March.
Kerri Colby and Honey Davenport, who both appeared on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” will perform at the event. “The Center’s Drag March is a nod to the origins of the LGBTQ+ movement, when the very first demonstrations started in opposition to moral policing and anti-crossdressing laws designed to impose a singular ideal of gender and sexuality onto citizens,” Joe Hollendoner, CEO for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, said in a statement. “It is no mistake that today’s ‘Drag Bans’ are accompanied by a sweeping movement to ban access to gender-affirming care; we are fighting for our right to privacy, bodily autonomy, self-determination, and freedom of expression,” he said.
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