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A pride-month event at a Dallas gay bar inviting children to take the stage alongside drag queens was met with outrage and encouragement alike over the weekend.
The event, titled 'Drag The Kids To Pride,' was held at the Mr. Misster gay nightclub in North Dallas on Saturday morning.
The event invited parents to bring their kids along for a morning drag show, and featured children dancing alongside men dressed in drag beneath a pink neon sign reading 'It's not gonna lick itself.'
Outraged protesters arrived to picket the event, while the shows promoters and participants defended the day as nothing more than an opportunity for people to share joy about who they are.
Three children on stage at the gay nightclub Mr. Misster in Dallas, Texas, during their 'Drag the Kids to Pride' event on Saturday
Protesters outside of Mr. Misster on Saturday. The demonstrators accused the parents in line of enabling democrats to endorse pedophilia
The controversial event comes as debates rage across the country about how gender identity and children should interact.
Photos and footage from the event showed adults sitting on hi-top bars surrounding a long narrow runway stage in the middle of the room.
As parents sipped on drinks with kids seated at their side, drag queens in dresses and glittered leotards danced along the stage, at times inviting the children to walk down the runway with them.
The drag queens snatched dollar bills from children's outstretched hands, all beneath the glow a pink neon sign reading 'It's not gonna lick itself.'
Kids danced alongside drag queens beneath this large neon sign at the event at Mr. Misster on Saturday. 'It's not gonna lick itself!' the sign reads in large pink letters
A drag queen can be seen accepting dollar bills from audience members. Children can be seen handing over cash to the performers too
Gets handing over dollar bills to drag performers at the Mr. Misster gay nightclub at a family drag show on Saturday, June 4
An online brochure for the event read 'Mr. Misster's Drag The Kids To Pride Drag Show provides the ultimate family friendly pride experience.'
It continued: 'Do you want to hit the stage with the queens? We have FIVE limited spots for young performers to take the stage solo, or with a queen of their choosing! Come hangout with the Queens and enjoy this unique pride experience, fit for guests of all ages!'
The event was met with vitriol by some, who came out in protest and called after parents in line with their children, accusing them of 'grooming' and endangering their kids.
'I only have one question, why do you want to put an axe-wound in between your son's legs?' one protester says through a bullhorn.
A woman responds 'we've got kids here, please go away.'
'That's the point,' the man on the bullhorn says.
A drag queen performing at the 'Drag Your Kids to Pride' event at a Dallas gay night club on Saturday, June 4. Children can be seen sitting on stools lining the runway
