Story  Apparently people everywhere can be offended, it's not just an American thing. I find this to be absurd. Drag queens have always been the centerpiece for Gay Pride events. 

 

<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">"In Scotland, a ban on drag performers at an event in this year’s pride celebrations has rocked the LGBT community and spun into in-fighting between advocacy groups.


<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Free Pride, a newcomer organization with a self-proclaimed plan to revive the event’s radicalism, announced what many found was a perplexing decision on Friday: It was banning drag queens from performing in their August celebrations.


<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">In an explanation on its blog, the founders argued that drag turned gender identity into a joke. “The decision was taken by transgender individuals who were uncomfortable with having drag performances at the event,” it wrote. “It was felt that it would make some of those who were transgender or questioning their gender uncomfortable.”"

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