State Senator Leach Spearheading Effort to Ban Arizona Children from Drag Shows

The Arizona State Senate GOP spoke with The Arizona Sun Times via email about planned legislation that aims to prevent children from attending drag shows.

“[State] Senator Vince Leach [R-SaddleBrooke] is spearheading the effort, and he sent his ideas on the subject matter to our legislative council who is in the process right now of researching to help craft a potential bill. They will look at what’s in our constitution, what other states are doing and not doing, et cetera,” the Arizona State Senate GOP spokeswoman said.

She also mentioned there is currently no time frame for this legislation, nor have any other actions been discussed.

“One of the reasons why we were elected as lawmakers by our constituents was to protect family values. If men want to dress as women, and if adults want to participate in watching these hyper-sexualized performances, they have the freedom to do so. It crosses the line when kids are subjected to these drag shows,” the Arizona State Senate Majority Team said in a joint statement.

“This ignorance by public and private sectors promoting this behavior sends a message of complete and utter perversion that can have detrimental impacts on the social and emotional development of our children. We will be damned if we won’t fight like hell to protect the most innocent from these horrifying and disturbing trends that are spreading across the nation, now that extremist Democrats are currently in control of our federal government,” the Team wrote.

Two recent drag events involving children in Arizona were cited in the document.

The first was a drag show hosted by the Heard Museum earlier this month as part of its “Pride Night.” According to Phoenix New Times, museum staff touted the show as family friendly…. (Excerpt from The Arizona Sun Times)