Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'

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Irish drag artist Lavender: 'I was greeted by a wave of abuse after accepting the Album of the Year award for CMAT last week'...

ABOUT A WEEK ago I was asked by my friend Ciara to attend the RTÉ Choice awards in her place as she had touring commitments.

Andres Poveda Irish Drag Legend Lavender pictured accepting the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year on behalf of CMAT. Andres Poveda All of this discourse over someone simply wearing a pretty dress and accepting an award for their friend who couldn’t be there? I shared some of the comments on my social media purely to highlight that once again any little bit of visibility the queer community has these days is being used to fuel these bizarre agendas.What I didn’t expect was the outpouring of harrowing stories from my trans and gender-non-conforming friends.

Hysteria In the last few months, the United States has been embroiled in a heated debate over anti-drag and trans bills, with some states proposing legislation that would restrict individuals from being in drag. Rape Crisis Network Ireland Figures from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland 2020 report show the relationship of perpetrators to victims of abuse. Rape Crisis Network Ireland

 

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Yea but luckily none of those peoples opinions actually matter so ya can’t really give a fck… 🙌🏼

Because a small minority celebrate degeneracy as something wholesome while commonality disagrees.

If drag performers stay away from kids everyone else will live & let live

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