Florida Governor and possible 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis just made a major move against venues hosting drag shows open to minors as Florida’s Voice News reports:
“Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is revoking the Hyatt Regency Miami’s alcohol license for hosting a “sexually explicit show with children present,” according to governor’s office Tuesday.
“A Drag Queen Christmas” performed Dec. 27 at the James L. Knight Center, which is reportedly connected to the Hyatt Regency Miami.
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The administrative complaint said minors younger than 16 years of age were at the show where “performers appeared on stage wearing sexually suggestive clothing and prosthetic female genitalia.”
The show allowed minors if they were accompanied by an adult.
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On Dec. 27, 2022, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation warned the Hyatt Regency Miami against hosting a sexually explicit show with children present.
According to the department, the venue proceeded with their plans and conducted an investigation which determined that the venue violated Florida statutes.
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The department is revoking the venue’s license for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
“Sexually explicit content is not appropriate to display to children and doing so violates Florida law. Governor DeSantis stands up for the innocence of children in the classroom and throughout Florida,” said Bryan Griffin, press secretary for DeSantis.”
#BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is revoking the Hyatt Regency Miami’s alcohol license for hosting a “sexually explicit show with children present”
The venue hosted “A Drag Queen Christmas” on Dec. 27, 2022
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) March 14, 2023
This is excellent news and possibly on of the best things Ron Desantis has done as Florida’s governor.
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Sadly DeSantis is still an outlier on this type of thing but hopefully other GOP governors take follow with similar actions in their states.
Bottom line have no issue with adults wanting to perform in drag but to make this type of show available to minors is beyond the pale.
Today the House passed my bill, H 256. What does the bill do?
1. Prohibits minors from being in attendance at sexually explicit drag shows.
That’s it. This bill is very simple and it does not ban drag shows or other performances. It simply protects our children. #idpol #idleg pic.twitter.com/1eAaNSx8cU
— Brent J. Crane (@BrentJCrane) March 8, 2023
