CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Perhaps only the younger children in the bar didn’t know the gyrating, thinly-clothed “ladies” were actually men.
At the Big Chill and Grill on Sept. 26, Chattanooga’s Pride Week Drag Bingo night attracted a crowd that buzzed with conversation.
Several attendees were parents who may have been introducing their children to the idea of men masquerading as women in immodest clothing. Throughout the show, performers danced and reached for dollar bills shoved at them by a shouting audience.
Former self-described drag queen Kevin Whitt, shown here before he stopped performing as a woman, now warns parent that drag shows aimed at children are part of a plan to destroy the nuclear family. (Courtesy of Kevin Whitt)
One drag performer wore a blonde wig and tight, white dress that revealed the contours of his legs, buttocks, and stomach. Occasionally, he hiked up his outfit to keep fake breasts from escaping. A brunette wig and a barely-there leopard print skirt disguised the other male performer as a woman….