Boy's drag routine prompts Republican to seek new rules on child exploitation | US news | The Guardian
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Summary:
"An Ohio Republican has proposed legislation to change state child exploitation law, in response to a nine-year-old boy’s drag performance at a local bar which sparked an online furor after video was published by a fringe conservative website.
The video shows the boy, who performs as Miss Mae Hem, in a pink leotard doing cartwheels, splits and a classic drag move called a death drop, which involves falling down.
The state representative Tim Schaffer’s bill would expand the definition of child endangering to stop businesses with liquor licenses holding performances in which a “child simulates sexual activity”...."