Message from @nobuyuki
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Pride parades are a motte and Bailey
Family friendly until they're not
The lobby wants to have it both ways
Child Endangerment laws
Nope
Be more specific
Indecent exposure maybe
Highly debatable in the case of private convention
That's where the line starts to blur
In Texas there was a fat dude dressed as Chie Satonaka, so I don’t think crossplay is illegal here
bringing your child, who is dressed in drag
to a gay bar
where the age limit is clearly 18-21+
and having them "simulate stripping"
where they dance
and remove articles of clothing while having money thrown at them
aka
stripping
when the child is 11-12
My point; tons of ppl crossplay with the purpose of being cheeky or campy and sometimes YES there's an element of sexual energy deliberately charged into it. Even I'd like to have fun tweaking ppl like this with my trappy bf who can pass in certain costumes, but the idea that "kids might be there" throws a wrench into the fun
first off it's a bar so there's alcohol involved, which children cannot be around
Most people just ignore that when it comes to certain cons, and then others have to address the elephant in the room
secondly adult oriented bars typically have sexual activity involved, no matter how discreet it is
which also constitutes child endangerment
We're talking two separate things
these are things that constitute child endangerment
The things you mentioned maybe
Nothing to do with what I'm talking about though
Which was originally about drag culture
it is having to do with drag culture
Crossdressing in general doesn't necessarily have the same stigma and i was trying to establish this point so ppl got it
considering the main subject is a 12 year old boy who prominently dresses in drag, and is enabled by his parents
Particularly in specific contexts the issue can be about as clear as mud
furries think its bad because they want snouts
point is idgaf if its adults dressing up and doing pride theater
just let the kids be kids, don't force or persuade kids into taking part
and don't enable the toxic predatory shit
Certainly don't fucking put it in times square