Scotland: First Drag School for Teenagers to Open This Month

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You can use drag to
explore anything you want to,” says Natalie Doidge, the organiser of what is
thought to be Scotland’s first “drag school” for teenagers, which opens its
doors later this month after facing down controversy.

“Drag isn’t limited
to men dressed as women … and this course opens it out to anyone who wants to
try it. It’s an exploration of [oneself] – especially for young people at the
upper end of high school, when your life is just beginning and you’re thinking
about who want to be. Gender is a performance,
after all.”

A significant number of online comments raised concerns
about safeguarding and sexualising of children, with some referring to entirely
false tropes about LGBTQ adults exploiting educational spaces to “groom”
younger people.

This summer event is just about putting a wee flag up to
say: ‘It’s OK to be in the chess club, and it’s OK to be in this one too.’”

www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/16/gender-is-a-performance-scotlands-first-drag-school-sells-out

[BigBruvOfEnglandUK]

When I'm reading posts on Facebook I often think to myself that a hell of a lot of people didn't get enough English lessons (Myself included). I've never thought to myself that what youngsters really need is to be taught how to be drag queens.

[macky]

Yes it's sad really. We missed out too on this essential academic subject.  But at least in those days we had a pretty good idea of who and what we were. 

Now the poor kids won't know which way to turn.   

[Unknown]

When I posted the video last night he had only had just over 100 views – odd for something with national newspaper coverage – I’ve never seen that before.
He is now at 257 views – comments turned off and 7 likes and 24 dislikes.

[mr potatohead]

I wonder how he managed 7 likes?

[Unknown]

I don’t know, what I do know is she owes me £40 and I haven’t got a clue when I’m getting it back!