Protesters, Counter-Protesters Face Off Outside ‘All Ages’ Drag Show in Tennessee

Protesters demonstrate for and against a drag show accessible to children on the street outside the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn. on Dec. 22, 2022. Jackson Elliott/The Epoch Times

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Ten-year-old Dinah clutched her mother’s hand in the darkened Tennessee Theatre as they waited for the drag show to begin.

“For us, this is just an art form,” Dinah’s mother told a reporter for The Epoch Times, before performers took the stage at A Drag Queen Christmas.