Google withdrew its previous support for a planned drag show after its Christian employees signed a petition claiming it went against their 'religious beliefs.'
featured performer Joshua Grannell, whose stage name is Peaches Christ, and who has performed in the city for 30 years. Google had initially agreed to sponsor the event which was hosted at a bar in the Castro neighborhood, but reportedly backtracked on its decision after it received the petition, saying it hadn’t followed the necessary protocols when agreeing to the show.“I don’t usually talk about this sort of thing,” Grannell said in a video posted to TikTok.
Grannell’s speech received boos from people in the audience, including Google employees who wore “Pride” t-shirts, while one person yelled: “We support you!”The event was scheduled to conclude Pride Month by showing Google’s supposed support for the LGBTQ+ community, but when the drag show was reportedly removed from Google’s events page, it sparked outrage.
The controversy comes as 11 Republican-led states have introduced legislative proposals to restrict or ban drag shows including South Dakota, which proposed ato prohibit state-operated facilities from hosting an event “where a performer exhibits a gender identity that is different from the performer’s biological sex through the use of clothing, makeup, or other physical markers, for the predominant purpose of appealing to a prurient interest.
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