New York Republican denies drag involvement
Amid Rep. George Santos's ducking and weaving around questions about his background (such as the unfounded story of his mother being a victim of the attack on the World Trade Center), the New York Republican is facing other stories about his past.

Fifty-eight-year-old Brazilian performer Eula Rochard said she befriended Santos in 2005, at the first Gay Pride parade in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Niteroi. She also said that Santos competed in a drag pageant three years later.

Rochard said that Santos' drag name was Kitara Ravache, and that "he's changed a lot, but he was always a liar. He was always such a dreamer."

And she's not the only one: another person from the area, who asked not to be named, said Santos even aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro.

Santos has called the drag claims "categorically false" on Twitter, but it's no secret that he's Gay. He's the first openly Gay Republican to win a House seat in Congress as a non-incumbent, though he's used his seat to back Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Drag queens stake out state congress
Drag queens in full makeup gathered with their allies in Jefferson City, Missouri, on Tuesday last week to protest bills regulating Trans kids' bodies. Such bills were under consideration during a House committee hearing at the time, and included a ban on Trans kids in girls' sports teams, gender-affirming care, and public drag shows.

TransParent leader Dieta Pepsi told the group of a hundred at the protest, "As a Trans woman, I will not be erased. As a drag queen, I will not be erased. As a human being, I will not be erased."

Meanwhile, inside the building, Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft told the House, "The science is clear. I'm not saying that men are superior to women, but genetically men have better bone mass. They generally have stronger muscle mass. They're generally faster. They're generally stronger."

Many doctors, as well as the American Medical Association, have warned against laws targeting LGBTQ youth and gender-affirming care in particular.

Republican Rep. Brian Seitz admitted that he had not read the guidelines on Trans athletes set out by the High School Activities Association, and that he has "no idea what intersex is." Yet his proposals would require parents to sign affidavits each year about their kids' sexes, with noncompliant schools risking total loss of state funding and lawsuits.