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Speech by Ireland’s top drag performer fuels Irish gay rights debate
DUBLIN -— Ireland’s top drag performer, Miss Panti Bliss, has driven a stiletto heel through this nation’s long-running debate on gay rights. Panti has riled up conservative Catholics and won global admirers in a social media tour de force that is dominating Irish water-cooler talk.
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Equality House hosts ‘Drag Down Bigotry’ show in Westboro neighborhood
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the “God hates Fags” movement, found itself with ringside seats to drag show on Saturday, organized by its neighbor, the rainbow painted Equality House.
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Gays hit the catwalk at drag queen contest in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe — And the winner is … Ezmerald Kim Kardashian. That was the stage name for a young man who won the title of Miss Jacaranda at a drag queen pageant in Zimbabwe.
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Former ‘Satanic Drag Queen’ to receive ‘Ex-Gay of the Year’ Award
Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver won’t be the only person honored at this year’s Ex-Gay Awareness Month festivities. The event’s organizers, Voice of the Voiceless, announced today that a former “Satanic Drag Queen” will receive their “Courage Award.”
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Carnival Cruises under fire from gay passengers for banning ‘drag’ attire on ‘drag cruise’
Carnival Cruses on Tuesday issued an apology after it came under fire from gay passengers who were told they were forbidden from dressing in drag on an upcoming “drag cruise,” or face being kicked off the ship.
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Sahara Davenport dies at age 27
LOS ANGELES – Sahara Davenport, who made a name for herself on the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and who recently released a single “Go Off,” has died. She was 27.
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Catholic church bans drag performers from gay group’s annual fundraiser
SAN FRANCISCO — A local gay recovery group will not be holding its annual fall fundraiser in the social hall of the Castro neighborhood’s Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church after officials said that no drag queens would be allowed.