Drag (PBS newslink)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/political-rhetoric-false-claims-obscure-the-history-of-drag-performance

Analysis: Political rhetoric, false claims obscure the history of drag performance Politics Oct 30, 2022 9:30 AM EDT

Despite some opponents’ claims, drag cannot “turn” a child gay or transgender, although its playful use of gender may be reassuring to kids who are already questioning their identity. That way, therapist Joe Kort wrote in a blog post in Psychology Today, gender-nonconforming kids can have “other templates as they begin to sort out their feelings about who they authentically are.”

but also:

7 horse deaths, scratched favorite cast pall over Kentucky Derby races
Nation May 6, 2023 5:57 PM EDT

- DAMN .... this will normalized horse exploitation ever come to end?! {looking at captive dolphins - unlikely ...}