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The art of drag has become a target. With Pride Month nigh, performers are organizing to fight back
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The art of drag has become a target. With Pride Month nigh, performers are organizing to fight back
![Ashlee Rezin Garcia FILE - Chicago drag performer Jo Mama joins several black drag queens to lead the "Drag March for Change" in the Boystown neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, June 14, 2020. About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form. Qommittee announced its formation Wednesday, May 29, 2024 ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1063c501e11646ae8734d524a4f5227d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Chicago drag performer Jo Mama joins several black drag queens to lead the "Drag March for Change" in the Boystown neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, June 14, 2020. About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form. Qommittee announced its formation Wednesday, May 29, 2024 ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, file)
![Kaye Thornbrugh FILE - Eric Posey, of Post Falls, Idaho, embraces a supporter in court after a jury awarded him more than $1.1 million in damages in his defamation lawsuit against conservative blogger Summer Bushnell, May 24, 2024, in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Posey said he suffered harassment and death threats after Bushnell falsely accused him of exposing himself to minors during a performance in 2022. (Kaye Thornbrugh/Coeur D'Alene Press via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c3a5c0ae54154927a58eb30fd3385663/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Eric Posey, of Post Falls, Idaho, embraces a supporter in court after a jury awarded him more than $1.1 million in damages in his defamation lawsuit against conservative blogger Summer Bushnell, May 24, 2024, in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Posey said he suffered harassment and death threats after Bushnell falsely accused him of exposing himself to minors during a performance in 2022. (Kaye Thornbrugh/Coeur D'Alene Press via AP, File)
![Chris Pietsch FILE - Protesters and supporters of a drag queen story time event square off in front of Old Nick's pub in Eugene, Ore., Oct. 23, 2022. About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form. Qommittee announced its formation Wednesday, May 29, 2024 ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7eb64d4ec2a54229b626281d11e80648/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Protesters and supporters of a drag queen story time event square off in front of Old Nick's pub in Eugene, Ore., Oct. 23, 2022. About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form. Qommittee announced its formation Wednesday, May 29, 2024 ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP, File)