{"id":142099,"date":"2023-06-01T12:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=142099"},"modified":"2023-06-01T12:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:35:22","slug":"secdef-canxs-gay-pride-drag-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=142099","title":{"rendered":"SECDEF CANXS Gay Pride Drag Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNellis AFB<\/em><\/p>\n

Pentagon leaders cancel drag show at a Nevada Air Force base<\/h3>\n

Air Force leaders approved the show at Nellis AFB in celebration of Pride Month, but Defense Secretary Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley said no.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains<\/p>\n

Defense Department leaders have stepped in to stop a drag show scheduled for Thursday at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, according to two defense officials and a U.S. official.<\/p>\n

The show, which was in celebration of Pride Month, was approved by Air Force leaders, but Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, told the Air Force it is not Pentagon policy to fund drag shows on bases and the show should be canceled or moved off base.<\/p>\n

Drag shows and events on military bases have become a politically contentious issue in recent months, with conservative politicians and pundits arguing the military should not be spending taxpayer money on them.<\/p>\n

At a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 29, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., angrily questioned Austin and Milley about drag queen story hours on bases around the world, including in Montana, Nevada, Virginia and Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrag queen story hours is not something that the department funds,\u201d Austin told the committee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n

“Drag queen story hours is (sic) not something that the department funds anymore” he means. If the denizens of the five sided wind tunnel aren’t paying attention, they should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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