Nobody gave a shit about drag queens until there was an orchestrated push to get them talking about sex and gay shit in front of children, or stripping and gyrating in front of children.

Pantomime dames have existed forever.

Bugs bunny has been dressing up as a woman for 70 years.

Drag queens have been on TV for as long as I've been alive.

But it isn't the same any more. The tone of the content has shifted away from 'gay men making fun of women' to 'genderqueer weirdos obsessed with getting up close with children.'

Another difference between then and now that I notice- their real name used to be publicized almost as much as their stage name, drawing a distinction between the man and his fictitious female persona. Today, either the stage name is all you see, or they don't even bother with one. This an quiet insistence that the persona is the reality, even though we know it isn't.

Not every 'drag show' is a problem. But the recent trends - that have been promoted by corporate media - those trends need to be stopped dead in their tracks.