Marjorie Taylor Greene's Outraged Response to Navy's Drag Queen Program
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, on Saturday ruled out supporting any Department of Defense (DOD) initiatives that involve using drag performances to attract new recruits.The U.S.
Navy launched a pilot program that ran from last October to March in which it used a drag queen as a "digital ambassador" to reach out to younger people who might be interested in joining the Navy.
Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, who goes by the drag name Harpy Daniels and identifies as non-binary, announced on Instagram last November that they had been invited to become a "digital ambassador" for the Navy as per the program, and has performed in drag for sailors.The U.S.
Navy said in March that it was facing a "challenging recruiting environment" and that it didn't meet its recruitment targets in fiscal year 2022 for reserve personnel and active duty officers, according to the Navy Times.However, what seems to be an LGBTQ+ inclusion effort on the Navy's behalf received backlash at a time in which transgender rights are being heavily targeted in ways that range from proposing anti-transgender legislation in Republican-led states to boycotting beer brand Bud Light for using transgender influencer and activist Dylan Mulvaney to promote its product.
