It’s become a core tenet of far-right Republican politics that drag queens and trans people need to be kept away from children to prevent sexual grooming and other crimes. In reality, at least seven times as many Texas Republican political figures have been arrested for child sex offenses as Texas drag queens.

The only Texas drag queen that had committed a child sex crime RA News could find in its research was Alberto Garza, also known as Tatiana Mala Nina. Garza had been convicted in 2008 for assaulting an 8-year-old boy. The conviction and sex offender registry was discovered by an anti-LGBT hate group called Mass Resistance, who found Garza working at the Houston Public Library’s Drag Queen Story Hour. Garza was expelled from the program following the revelation.

This remains the only verifiable instance of a Texas drag queen assaulting a minor we could track down. It was far easier to find Texas Republicans who had been arrested for the child sex acts.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4610·
    1 year ago

    It makes no sense to make this comparison without correcting for the total numbers of drag queens and Republicans.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      12·
      1 year ago

      They seem to be focused on republican leaders, so I really don’t know how the numbers work out. Both are a small minority of the population.

    • cerevant@lemm.eeEnglish
      131·
      1 year ago

      So logically, since it is a much larger threat, a much larger effort should be made to protect children from Republicans.

      • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
        13·
        1 year ago

        No, a larger effort should be made to protect children from child predators in general. I haven’t seen any evidence that republicans are more likely than the average person to be a child predator, nor have I seen any that suggest the same for drag queens. If you have that evidence, I would like to see it.

        • cerevant@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          But proportions aren’t really useful for protecting children when there isn’t a significant deviation from the general population. However, on a given day, a random child is much more likely to encounter a Republican child predator than a drag queen child predator. Now add in the overwhelming statistics that show child predators are usually known to and trusted by the child’s parents, and the emphasis that conservatives place in trusting those placed in authority above them, and you have a recipe for disaster.

          • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
            14·
            1 year ago

            However, on a given day, a random child is much more likely to encounter a Republican child predator than a drag queen child predator.

            That’s true but again, only because there are more republicans than drag queens. If they aren’t more likely to be a child predator than others, they don’t require different treatment than others.

            Now add in the overwhelming statistics that show child predators are usually known to and trusted by the child’s parents, and the emphasis that conservatives place in trusting those placed in authority above them, and you have a recipe for disaster.

            I do not find this very convincing. I don’t see how republican ideals would result in more predatory behavior. Again, if you have evidence of this that isn’t anecdotal I would love to see it.

            • cerevant@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              So my point isn’t that there is some great threat from Republicans. It is just vastly more likely for any given kid to be abused by a Republican than by a drag queen. Yes, this is a population effect. This doesn’t mean we should single out Republicans for discrimination, just that they need to stop treating people who dress funny as an inherent threat.

              • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                1 year ago

                So my point isn’t that there is some great threat from Republicans.

                That’s the argument you seemed to be making, or at least that’s how it seemed to me.

                Yes, this is a population effect. This doesn’t mean we should single out Republicans for discrimination, just that they need to stop treating people who dress funny as an inherent threat.

                I completely agree, but you were saying previously there needs to be a specific effort to prevent Republicans from committing sex crimes. That seems to fit the discrimination you are now saying you don’t support.

                That’s why I corrected you and said the effort should not be specifically geared towards republicans.

  • timicin
    1·
    1 year ago

    Doesn’t matter in Texas or any red state; they’re still drag queens