ABOVE: Charles Moran, Log Cabin GOP head. (Blade file photo by Michael Key)
The Log Cabin Republicans, the country’s oldest and largest conservative LGBTQ organization, had no knowledge of its chapter’s involvement in a protest over a drag performance last week in San Antonio, the group’s president, Charles Moran, told the Washington Blade Dec. 15.
Demonstrators, many of them armed, convened at the Aztec Theatre downtown during “A Drag Queen Christmas,” shouting anti-LGBTQ slurs and accusing patrons at the all-ages event of “grooming” or sexually exploiting and abusing children.
Among the groups were representatives from the San Antonio chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans. Far-right extremists led by the Texas Freedom Force were open carrying firearms. Local lawmakers also showed up to support the LGBTQ community and counter-protestors.
Family friendly drag performances have become a target of anti-LGBTQ activists, who have sought to use them to smear LGBTQ people as pedophiles and “groomers” – notwithstanding whether these events feature any content that may be objectionable for non-adult audiences.
The Log Cabin Republicans on Dec. 15 celebrated the group’s annual event, the Spirit of Lincoln Gala, in Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach club owned by former President Donald Trump.
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