Texas Senate Bill 12 and the truth about drag
Attacks on drag are attacks on the LGBTQ community overall “It’s only a matter of time.” For many of us in the LGBTQ community, it’s a too-frequent fear — the prospect that violence will be committed against one of us for being who we are.
It was one of my first thoughts upon hearing of the callous and hateful murder of Laura Carleton, the owner of Mag Pi Clothing in Cedar Glen, Calif.
Carleton, a straight woman, was fatally shot Aug. 18 by a man who confronted her over an LGBTQ Pride flag displayed at her shop.
Her assailant was later killed by police. Can’t happen here? Think again. Texas had the third-highest number of anti-LGBTQ incidents across the entire country over the last year, according to a new report from the Anti-Defamation League and GLAAD, a national LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit.
