State Legislature Kicks Off Session with Disturbing Drag Show on House Floor, Then Pass 'Black Drag' Resolution

State Legislature Kicks Off Session with Disturbing Drag Show on House Floor, Then Pass ‘Black Drag’ Resolution


The Oregon House of Representatives really needs to get its priorities in order; namely, drag queen performances shouldn’t be one.

The Oregonian reported, the assembly opened Wednesday with a performance by Isaiah Esquire and Aqua Flora, two black drag queens. Representatives had the two perform the day before Juneteenth — during “pride” month — in a perfectly strange moment where the left could celebrate two of their made-up holidays in one cringeworthy moment.

The legislature even passed a resolution to make it official, titled, “Recognizing and honoring the history of Black drag in Oregon.”

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The resolution was voted 34-9, with Republican lawmakers comprising the “nays.”

Many GOP representatives left the chamber for the performance, while at least two sat in the back of the room

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