AMAC Exclusive – By B.C. Brutus
As concerns mount over so-called “family friendly” drag shows and the sexualization of children, AARP’s history of promoting such events is coming under increased scrutiny.
In May 2021, just as the cultural left began their effort to rebrand drag performances as kid-friendly, AARP published an article encouraging “drag queen story hour” as a way for “the whole family” to celebrate “Pride Month.”
The article specifically mentions the “beloved Drag Queen Story Hour NYC,” which “brings drag performers to read stories to children in libraries, schools, bookstores, museums and more, with virtual livestreams opening up the experience to anyone who wants to tune in.”
Four months later, AARP published another article entitled “The 9 Most Fabulous TV Shows and Movies About Drag Queens,” noting that “these aren’t just movies and shows that use cross-dressing as a plot device – these works truly celebrate the art of drag in all its gender-subverting, over-the-top, glamorous glory.”
AARP has also advertised drag events to its members. In just the past few weeks, the AARP website has featured “viewing parties” for drag shows in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia.
As more and more viral videos emerge showing young kids at sexually explicit drag performances, AARP’s repeated promotion of drag shows in general and “family friendly” drag events specifically looks increasingly dangerous and irresponsible.
For example, while it is unclear if the events promoted by AARP allowed or encouraged children to attend, one clip from an “all ages drag brunch” in Texas last October shows a drag queen lifting her skirt and gyrating in front of a small girl who clearly looks uncomfortable. A video from another Texas “all ages” drag show in January shows a small boy hiding his face in shame as a man in a thong performs on stage. In Florida, an ostensibly Christian church hosted a drag event for kids last May.
Even worse, kids aren’t just being exposed to drag – they’re also participating in it. In one example posted by the Twitter account “Libs of TikTok” last August, an adult drag performer teaches a young girl to perform drag as adult men throw money at her. A similar incident occurred in Florida last December.
As far back as 2019, a bar in Ohio was sparking outrage for allowing a 9-year-old boy to dress in revealing clothing and simulate sexual activity in front of adults. According to the Dayton Daily News, the boy first became interested in drag after watching the reality show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” – one of the “9 Most Fabulous TV Shows and Movies About Drag Queens” that AARP recommends.
The left’s attempt to normalize drag performances for children began in large part with the “drag queen story hours” that AARP suggests as a good way for families to celebrate Pride Month.
While liberals insisted that such events were a harmless way to teach “tolerance” and “inclusion” to children, the Manhattan Institute’s Chris Rufo outlined the much darker history behind the practice in a piece for City Journal Magazine last October. “The drag queen might appear as a comic figure, but he carries an utterly serious message: the deconstruction of sex, the reconstruction of child sexuality, and the subversion of middle-class family life,” Rufo writes.
As Rufo describes, although drag traces its origins to the 19th century, it was only with the development of postmodernism and “Queer Theory” in the latter half of the 20th century that it became less about rebelling against society and more about social engineering: “As the dark side of drag pushed transgression to the limits, however, some drag queens toned down the routines, pushed the ideology deep into the background, and presented drag as good old-fashioned, glamorous American fun.”
From there, it was only a matter of time before “enterprising queer theorists used the commercialization of drag and the goodwill associated with the gay and lesbian rights movement as a means of transforming drag performances into ‘family friendly’ events that could transmit a simplified version of queer theory to children” – drag queen story hours.
As conservatives raised opposition to drag story time for kids, liberal activists, Democrat politicians, and the mainstream media labeled those concerns “bigoted” and “transphobic,” insisting that grown men reading to children in burlesque couldn’t possibly have any far-reaching negative societal implications or be considered “grooming.”
Now, drag queens aren’t just reading to kids, they’re performing specifically for them, and even openly recruiting them to become drag performers as well – all the culmination of a slippery slope made all the more slick by leftist organizations like AARP treating inherently sexual behavior as innocent, family friendly fun.
B.C. Brutus is the pen name of a writer with experience in the executive and legislative branches of government.
I left AARP a long time ago and we are members of AMAC. I shared this article with several friends. A couple belong to AARP. Both have asked if this has been fact checked. Is there some way I can get them proof of this drag queen stories?
This is the reason I left AARP. They are beginning to promote all of leftist ideology. Putting these types of ideology in the minds of children is totally wrong. These types of sexual events are to be behind closed doors!!!!!!!! Not in front of children!!!!
AARP is just another mouthpiece of the Demon Crap party.
There is no such thing as a family or kid friendly drag queen!!!
Just ONE of the reasons AARP and my family have parted ways.
This is the definition of Child Abuse and the children should be removed from their home environment until their parents have gone through education and therapy that makes clear what is appropriate for children. In some ways, this is worse that living with an alcoholic or a drug addict or a physically abusive parent, because the mental abuse aspect is not easily dealt with and rarely forgotten. I don’t understand how we allow a minority of people who claim to be gay, lesbians, homosexuals, queers, transgenders, and whatever else they want to be to have so much power and to destroy the morals of America. If they want to practice their beliefs, I am fine with their choices, but they should not be inflicted on the rest of us or our children and grandchildren.
I once was a member of AARP, but was appalled when they started becoming a Left leaning organization and the final straw was when they began pushing Obamacare. Many of my friends joined primarily for the supplemental insurance that they offered and hung on because AMAC didn’t offer the same in the beginning plus it was more affordable than other premiums available. I introduce or recommend AMAC to all of my friends that I know are conservative as an alternative and let them know that AMAC is fighting for Seniors always.
Vote your morals. Far too long has politics been about money and not about the concepts of right or wrong. The “Woke Mob” uses name calling as a form of censorship. We are branded with hate speech or white supremacy. This is the same tactics that fascist used. Evil wins when a righteous man does nothing.
They’re trying to normalize pedophilia as predicted decades ago. “Every vote counts” even if its a child molester… oh sorry… an “advocate for underaged sexual liberty”… that pulls the lever! And if a child can have sex or choose sexual reassignment surgery without a parents input they can vote too!
We quit AARP when they supported Obummer Care so they could make more money off the
older folks they were suppose to care about….Join AMAC, they care about seniors…..
Another good reason, besides Danny Glover, not to join AARP!
Wrong is wrong and will never be right even if the majority thinks so. Perversion will always be perversion no matter how you dress it up.
Amen and amen Beagle Boy
The irony. Otherwise intelligent people will say “A Rose by any other name is still a Rose” yet argue vehemently that the “New Morality” isn’t a relabeling of the “Old Immorality”. 2000 years ago St. Paul warned this would happen in his letter to the Church in Rome.
Romans 1:26-32. King James Version
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
So glad I switched to Amac
There’s no such thing as “family friendly” perversion.
Kids don’t generally start to become aware of sex until puberty UNLESS THEY ARE TAUGHT ABOUT IT. This is teaching, no matter how it’s described.
Go Woke; Go Broke…. might lose aarp discounts but, just can no longer financially support and or condone aarp’s insane behaviour.
I can’t dump them again. Gross and disgusting child abuse!
Those so-called shows should be banned.
They just had a drag story hour in wadsworth Ohio , a lot of parents were against it , the promoter said it is his first amendment right . My thought is keep it away from children. I’ll end my AARP subscription. This should stay in the clubs with adults only or as a parent you dress up for your child read him or her a book in your house.
AARP is just another money funnel for the DNC, who enjoy the benefits of the American way of life while they line their pockets from it. They preach open arms and helpful intentions but deliver a diversion that intends hate toward America using skin color as their banner for their deceit.When you are in a foxhole there are two truths. 1. There are no atheists and 2. There is no skin color! Wake up, the only people being discriminated against are Americans and an Americans color is Red, White and Blue!If you want to see AARP racism go to their website and look up their support group links. There you will see on-line chat groups, in every skin color execpt white. When I questioned this the AARP represenative told me their intent was to bring more diversity into AARP. What they are doing is more segregation, which is more equality per their racis terms, more fake news to every group creating hate. This is the true AARP! Instead of having one chat group equally supporting all Americans, they went to the isolating option. Shame on any American that is still supporting this undercover hate group. If you bought into their false repsentation like I did and paid ahead, consider that a payment lost, and a learning experience. I will never pay for a subscription again without learning their true objectives first!
Aarp pushed Obama Care But got a Exclusion For their employees. That is when I went to AMAC
I abhor this abomination to children and Families. AARP will be done with their leftist demonic agenda for me and most Christians! GOD FAMILY and Country ????????????
That’s it for me too! My subscription is ended and I will not
Renew! Disgusting and immoral!
AARP will continue to show and support the leftist agenda. Waste of your $$$$$.
I am very glad that I never joined AARP. Not only are their politics all wrong for me but their policies on Drag Queen activities is totally disgusting. If they want children to learn something and to listen to a book being read, there are plenty of book about families with 2 mommies or 2 daddies. It is unnecessary to have a Drag Queen to read the stories!! A librarian or a library staff member experienced on reading to children would be the best way to go. In terms of Drag Queens on stage, they aren’t any different than scantily clothed women dancing on stage. Do you allow children to see those dancers? NO. I have no problem if adults want to go to a Drag show and watch the dancers and throw money at them. However I do believe it is a crime to advertise Drag stage shows as family friendly and expect adults to bring young children to not only watch the show but watch the adults in the audience and the way they behave. As with scantily clad women dancing on stage, I believe that the Drag shows on stage should only be for adults that understand what’s going on. The same would also be for stage show such as Chippendale’s with men dancing. Adults only!
Wow! I WAS a AARP member. My subscription ends next month. I had began adding things up that they were really leaning lift. Once I read this AMAC article, it makes me sick! Bad enough for grown adults to be acting like, (well you know how), but parents permitting young innocent children to subjected to such is sickening. I am done with AARP!
I joined AARP about 15 years before AMAC was founded. They used to have polls in their magazine and the results mostly favored conservative points of view. I noticed that, in spite of the POV of their members, AARP always supported the liberal view.
I never renewed my initial membership.
The #1 killer of children is gun deaths, not seeing Trans people. If the right is so caring then please do something about it.
So glad this is coming out in the light and being revealed !! Thank you AMAC
BARF!
My wife and I dumped AARP when saw they were nothing but left wing hacks. TRhen they shilled for O’bummer’s crooked health plan and we found AMAC.
My husband and I once belonged to AARP many years ago. I was reading my mother’s copy of the magazine AARP put out and I thought it had some good things in it. But then I became old enough to join AARP and the magazine for Baby Boomer’s was quite different. One of the articles was about how to safely pick up someone in a bar. Many of the articles talked about ways to act irresponsibly as an adult and we got so disgusted that we dumped AARP. Sadly too many people don’t realize exactly what they are up to and it isn’t supporting causes that benefit senior citizens.
I dumped AARP way back. They are principally in the business of selling bridge insurance coverage.
More reason I dumped AARP. I don’t want my grandkids exposed to that crap. Glad they are mostly home schooled.
AARP Has been the mouth piece of the Left for Years..Promoting Obama care, along with large donations to the Leftist groups..Amac should not promote them in any way or give credit for any purchase that will benefit this organization..
Children should not be exposed to such. Their minds are not ready and don’t need this complication in their lives. It is downright wrong and evil to confuse them and try to take advantage of their innocence in such a way. This is emotional and intellectual abuse.
AARP has become the mouthpiece of the liberal left Dem’s for many years. I never joined AARP after turning 55 because of their continued liberal views, like promoting Obama Care and Abortion. It does not surprise me that AARP is in the game of grooming children with loose morals because that is just what the Dem’s want! The first thing you do to corrupt a countries culture is to corrupt the mines of children. These children grow up to be the slime balls we have in government now!
All this over sexualization is just EVIL! This reeks of Sodom and Gomorrah and we all know what happened to those cities! What is so sad is that so many leftist sheep see no harm in any of this! They are so lost they can’t see when evil is right in front of their faces and their kids will pay the price for this!!!
No surprise AARP supports Drag Queens since they support Obamacare.
Bet they even support ILLEGAL ALIEN TERRORIST INVASION.
I hope now those company associations get wise and cut aarp lose
AARP employees and Board all probably radicals, so dues only enrich them.
God Created Males & Female’s. All else is Man’s rebellion against God lead by the Devil. Lost Souls………..
This is why I’m a member of AMAC. Sanity reigns here.
Is RuPaul a communist?
Back when Obummer ran for his first term, AARP was backing him to the hilt. That’s when I cut up my card, mailed it back to AARP and told them where to put it.
I may be old, but I am not senile. Adios AARP!!
I know gay people and they have never promoted the drag queen idea to children. In fact, this would be truly horrifying to them. A lot of them were sexually abused as children so their partners are very protective of them. I wish the entire gay community was more open about this, but they aren’t. In fact, our area, was the first, to have a brochure written on this subject and it is now a national brochure, for kids to get and report abuse. We also were the first to have gay abuse in partners recognized and it is now nationally recognized. It is just like heterosexual abuse and just as horrifying. I hope school nurses and hospital nurses will use and report these things, but others can report this as well. You can also get these brochures and share these with these kids and gays and lesbians. You’d be surprised that they appreciate it.
One of the MANY reasons I never joined AARP. Things changed after the founder left/died. Like so many other entities (ie Disney) that started out wholesome and helpful, every time they changed CEOs the integrity and caring went south, never to be found again. Then, only money mattered.
I just cancelled my AARP membership and am a proud Conservative AMAC member. AARP only exists due to a lack of common sense on the part of their membership or inability of AARP members to think/reason.
For the life of me I can’t understand why in the world these “gays” are so damn proud of being so screwed up & mentally ill.