UK Drag Queen Charged for CSA materials

@Happylittlechicken this is their normal outfit. No lingerie. No 'adult' outfits.

www.theargus.co.uk/news/19318245.amp/

@Happylittlechicken it looks like a rainbow trouser suit.

@ZeldaFighter I don't recall people being scared of doctors because of one serial killer, but if that did happen that's another example of unfounded stigma and prejudice to be scared of all doctors because of one. Drag Queen doesn't equal paedophile. Paedophile = paedophile. There's no correlation, most children are abused by someone they know, and I'm sure if someone better at googling them me looked for the stats the majority would be straight males. Drag queens tend to, although not always, be gay or bi.

sorry that should say, all agencies and areas dealing with children*

So the drag queens go in in jeans, tee shirts and no make up? Or do they go in dressed as they would if they were entertaining In an adult club?

Oh this is really very different though. There's a company that sells sex toys where part of their profit goes to charities for victims of SA or similar.

It's understandable that people affected by an issue (trans rights) would do something in their own sphere and send the money on to a charity that deals with areas that concern them.

The focal point should be this guy (not trans, a drag queen, correct?) who is abusing his position to exploit children. Sadly, all agencies and areas of life are vulnerable to people targeting them with the explicit purpose of accessing vulnerable children. As awful as this is, I don't think it's necessarily indicative of anything to do with drag queen or mermaids.

In fact, if you are incorrect and he was not involved in the development of the calendar, where is the link to mermaids at all?

No one? Neither of the below statements are true. There's enough bad stuff to talk about without making stuff up.

Yep, a perfect idea for Mermaids, a charity for children, to have a group of people producing a sexist, misogynistic, sexual calendar to raise money for them.

Just perfect.

And now we find out one of the participants in the calendar has a penchant for child sex abuse images, well, well, well.

But there was discussion about whether people would be frightened of going to the doctor after Harold Shipman's crimes were revealed. So yes, people do worry about similar people in similar situations.

They ask for photo shoots of kids in bedrooms

Is this true can you link?

I find that extremely concerning but sometimes stuff on here is misrepresented quite badly.

Google uk drag Queen story time, it's all fully clothed. And sex workers reading children's stories in their spare time would not a safeguarding risk either. All people that work or volunteer have enhanced DBS. Lots of sex workers have children of their own.

They don't read to children dressed, in lingerie.

I've also just done a quick google, as the Mail images were all fully clothed it seemed, as to where the BDSM image quoted further down came from. It wasn't a Mermaids calendar. It was a local drag artist club's calendar the proceeds going to support trans children (presumably the charity money could have gone to Mermaids). Not a BDSM Mermaids calendar. I've no idea if Mermaids is as bad as people say, but let's be accurate. And this thread isn't right from the start.

Child abuse is horrible and vile but do you have the same attitude towards postmen, office workers or firemen when one is found guilty of it, or is just drag queens you tar with the same brush?

where is the demand to allow postmen office workers and firemen to read stories to children whilst dressed in lingerie? If allowing adult entertainers to read to children is so good for them, why do we not have strippers and lap dancers going in to libraries for stripper story hour?

If there are safeguarding issues, raise them, doesn't mean drag queens in and of themselves are paedophiles or a safeguarding issue. In the same way as I said before, if a postie, office worker or firemen was convicted we don't immediately say they are all a safeguarding risk. If as you say they are doing photo shoots in bedrooms with children that sounds a bit dodgy who is 'they' a particular drag queen or Mermaids? I'd also say lots of charity calendars are completely naked, the most famous first one being the women's institute. Firemen, horse riders and rowers being others I've seen. I don't think anyone is defending actual safeguarding risk.

Why because the same photographer took pictures at two completely different times? Bit tenuous, I expect they've taken photos of all sorts of people, being you know a photographer. Demonize a paedophile by all means but don't drag drag queens and mermaids in for no reason.

He wasn't involved in the calendar.

The article doesn't say he was in the calendar. He has a photo on his Facebook page which he says was taken by the same photographer. So why the link to the calendar article in the Mail? Child abuse is horrible and vile but do you have the same attitude towards postmen, office workers or firemen when one is found guilty of it, or is just drag queens you tar with the same brush?

Given the recent revelations about staff working for / with Mermaids & other organisations talking to children about sex and identity, is anyone surprised at this revelation? Suspect it's the tip of a very large iceberg.

@gogohmm could you please point out where I said any of that in my post

What was the target audience of this calendar?

Normally you’d expect merch for a children’s charity to be targeted at parents and families. But hopefully people with children, trans-identified or otherwise, aren’t hanging this shit up in their living rooms.

Who exactly are the large group of weirdos who have a particular interest in this children’s charity and also want to buy drag BDSM calendars? And why does Mermaids appeal to this demographic? Did they ever ask themselves this stuff?

Also, why is drag - a sexist, misogynistic piss take of women - considered to be so wonderful for children?

Yep, a perfect idea for Mermaids, a charity for children, to have a group of people producing a sexist, misogynistic, sexual calendar to raise money for them.

Just perfect.

And now we find out one of the participants in the calendar has a penchant for child sex abuse images, well, well, well.