If parents don’t want their kids around drag shows that’s fine, don’t take their kids to drag shows. If they don’t want any kids at all to ever be exposed to drag performers then they need to mind their own damned business.
Drag performers are entertainers, not sex workers, the performances run the gambit from burlesque down to just karaoke and show tunes, just because they aren’t strictly child entertainers and that some drag shows aren’t appropriate for children it doesn’t mean there is no such thing as child appropriate drag shows. People make adult oriented entertainment with puppets and cartoons, that doesn’t mean every form of entertainment involving puppets or cartoons is inappropriate for children. I remember going to one of those drag restaurants a few times as a kid where they do song performances and stay in character while they serve you and take your orders, it was a blast.
If parents don’t want their kids around drag shows that’s fine, don’t take their kids to drag shows. If they don’t want any kids at all to ever be exposed to drag performers then they need to mind their own damned business.
Drag performers are entertainers, not sex workers, the performances run the gambit from burlesque down to just karaoke and show tunes, just because they aren’t strictly child entertainers and that some drag shows aren’t appropriate for children it doesn’t mean there is no such thing as child appropriate drag shows. People make adult oriented entertainment with puppets and cartoons, that doesn’t mean every form of entertainment involving puppets or cartoons is inappropriate for children. I remember going to one of those drag restaurants a few times as a kid where they do song performances and stay in character while they serve you and take your orders, it was a blast.