(Image was blurred to so you wouldn’t have to wash your eyes with bleach, though the video is below)
Imagine that you’ve been looking forward to going to prom for months, maybe even years.
And the night has arrived.
And what does the school offer you in entertainment for this unique special moment in your high school experience?
A drag queen twerking around like a demented circus monkey.
What could be more special?
Imagine if this drag queen was a normal woman parading around in the same outfit.
It would obviously cause outrage.
But if it’s a dude wearing the same thing, and looking like a woman (well, he looks like a woman if you squinted and then tilted your head, then put a bag over your head) then it’s okay?
WARNING: I don’t suggest eating breakfast while watching this clip. It’s just nasty.
Lovely. Instead of allowing students to enjoy prom, @ABQschools Atrisco Heritage Academy had a drag queen stripper perform. AT PROM.
WHY?
Imagine if this was an adult female stripper performing for kids at prom.
Contact: Principal Irene Cisneros
below info or here:… pic.twitter.com/p3Td1rXYTs— Elisa Martinez (@elisa1121) April 24, 2024
Remember the days when teachers would eye the students to make sure they weren’t dancing to close?
And now it’s this?
How far we have fallen.
The New York Times reports:
A school district in Albuquerque, N.M., has placed employees at a high school on leave and installed a new acting principal as it investigates a performance by a drag queen at the prom this month.
Video on TikTok from the Atrisco Heritage Academy High School prom, held at a convention center on April 20, and published by an NBC affiliate, KOB 4, showed the drag performer in boots, stockings and a body suit dancing as the students were gathered around, watching.
On April 24, as the school’s Facebook page was flooded with comments that the show was inappropriate for minors, Channell Segura, the chief of schools at Albuquerque Public Schools, said in a letter to families that the district was investigating the performance to determine “what occurred and how students were impacted.”
ADVERTISEMENTThe letter was published by local news stations and provided to the Times on Tuesday.
Another letter sent to families on April 25 named a new acting principal, Anthony Lovato, for the high school, according to the text published by KOAT, another local station. Mr. Lovato was apparently replacing the principal, identified as Irene Cisneros on the school’s website. Ms. Cisneros could not be reached by telephone on Tuesday.
Martin Salazar, a district spokesman, said in an emailed statement on Tuesday that the letter about Mr. Lovato was correct but he did not provide a copy. “We cannot comment on any specific personnel matters,” he said. “We can, however, confirm that employees have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.”
A person who answered the phone at the school on Tuesday said Ms. Cisneros was not at the school but gave no details.
Dylan Payan, who performed at the senior prom under the stage name Mythica Sahreen, said in an interview on Tuesday that the drag routine, and his outfit, had been given full approval by school officials, whom he had emailed, texted and met with in person before the event.
He said that while they were initially concerned about parts of his “natural body” showing, he reassured them that the outfit — which appears at first glance to be a simple black leotard and thigh-high boots — was in fact a far more complex ensemble, involving couch cushions shaved down to size with a turkey carver and shoved beneath seven layers of pantyhose to create the illusion of a womanly figure. “Everything is fake,” he said.
Mr. Payan, 26, a behavioral therapist who works with autistic children, said that he had previously hosted workshops for L.G.B.T.Q. students at the school, and had performed similar shows there at least three times before, none of which had ever received any negative feedback.
Annnnd it gets worse:
NEW VIDEO: Adult Drag Queen Stripper Touches Students in Lewd Performance at @ABQschools High School Prom. This is unacceptable! Principal Irene Cisneros must be FIRED. Contact APS Board – demand Atrisco Heritage Academy Principal Cisneros be fired NOW: https://t.co/mzJWbLAWZm pic.twitter.com/mNbX3jSt1N
— Elisa Martinez (@elisa1121) April 25, 2024
Remember, they just wanted to get married. That’s all.
What a crock that was.
Now, let’s remember how prom in America used to be.
Remind me again, what exactly did Conservatives actual conserve?
Tolerance killed this.
Join the conversation!
Please share your thoughts about this article below. We value your opinions, and would love to see you add to the discussion!