Drag performers have been forced to ramp up security at shows, implementing guards, metal detectors and emergency escape plans. Threats and violence has been on the rise this year — as right-wing media tries to falsely smear LGBTQ people as 'abusers.'
Athena Kills and Scalene Onixxx are pictured during Drag Queen Story Hour in Riverside, Calif. The rise of family-friendly drag events has sparked a backlash among right-wing media and organizers.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Police have yet to disclose a motive behind the Nov. 19 shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., which left five people dead and at least 17 others injured. A 22-year-old suspect wasThe gunman opened fire just as Club Q was wrapping up its weekly Saturday evening drag show.
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