NOW: about a dozen anti-LGBTQ protesters are outside a theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas that is hosting a Christmas Drag Show tonight. They are saying things like "perverts go to Hell." They are significantly outnumbered by supporters of the drag show, some who are armed.
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After some of the anti-LGBTQ protesters crossed the street to get closer to the supporters of the drag show to call them pedos and child molesters, Grand Prairie police officers stepped in to try to de-escalate the situation.
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Among the attendees of the anti-LGBTQ protest tonight in Grand Prairie is a follower of Nick Fuentes, aka a Groyper, who called me an antisemitic slur the last time he saw me.
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This is what antifascist community resistance in north Texas looks like.
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Bicycle police have now inserted themselves between the two groups outside the drag show tonight in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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The Groyper who previously just called me an antisemitic slur just called me a "soy cuck." It does seem like these people just want attention, so I'm not going to give them any more tonight.
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A number of local and regional groups have shown up to oppose the anti-LGBTQ protest in Grand Prairie tonight that was organized by a group that's called for the "rounding up" of LGBTQ people. Liberal and progressive people are joined by John Brown Clubs and socialist groups.
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Actual neo-fascists have made an appearance tonight outside the drag show in Grand Prairie. Skull masks and a flag for the American Nationalist Initiative.
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Info Wars flag spotted outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas. These events really help illustrate the groups animated by the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric around drag shows.
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The mood outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas has been lifted by music which drowns out the anti-LGBTQ activists.
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A right wing activist w/ Texas Family Project who was at Jan 6 and has a history of sneaking into drag shows is here outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas. I guess he didn't make it inside this time.
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Some of the people here opposing the anti-LGBTQ protesters outside the drag show in Grand Prairie tonight wear their beliefs proudly.
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Small amount of mayhem here tonight at the anti-LGBTQ protest outside the drag show in Grand Prairie as a Proud Boy tried to cross the street.
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Members of the neo-Nazi group Aryan Freedom Network have arrived outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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An armed elder antifascist from the Houston area who drove here with his wife is standing at the front in direct opposition to neo-Nazis carrying signs with homophobic slurs outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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There are now multiple openly fascist groups outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas. I wonder if the right wing media will report their presence.
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To be clear, I haven't tried to get Hansen, who works with activist group Texas Family Project to stir outrage about drag shows & LGTBQ people, removed. But I did tell him to leave me alone after he hovered behind me for a while and I did inform the police who Hansen works with.
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American and Nazi flags aren't supposed to go together, but they are at the anti-LGBTQ protest in Grand Prairie, Texas. Now that a sizable group of neo-Nazis have arrived, the anti and pro sides are about equal in size.
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Members of a young Christian Nationalist group have showed up outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas. These sorts of protests really illustrate the sort of movements that are animated by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
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The neo-Nazis outside the drag show in Grand Prairie appear to have separated from the religiously oriented protesters, but upon closer examination, they can be seen chatting with each other.
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Tactical law enforcement have been deployed outside the drag show in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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The drag show in Grand Prairie is supposed to start soon. Despite the presence of Nazis and armed antifascists, the vibe outside the venue is relatively calm. A member of a John Brown Club is singing karaoke to "Life is a Highway" on the loudspeaker.
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An anti-LGBTQ protester just said "even the Nazis don't like drag queens" which is not the own they think it is.
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The neo-Nazis are now leaving the anti-LGBTQ protest outside the drag show in Grand Prairie tonight.
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As the neo-Nazi Aryan Freedom Movement left the drag show protest, one member repeatedly grabbed at a handgun concealed in his pants, appearing to threaten counter-protesters
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This is the reality of drag shows in Texas in 2022.
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If you don’t have 150 armed protesters, and a S.W.A.T team on the roof, outside your show are you even doing Drag?
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Things have quieted down outside the drag show in Grand Prairie tonight. I'm going to head home now, but follow and who are still on the scene and may have more updates as the night goes on.
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If you're curious about the neo-Nazi group that showed up outside the drag show tonight in Grand Prairie, read this article that I wrote for about how their recent conference was surveilled by antifascists. Have a good night everyone!
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And if you'd like to learn about the main organizer of this protest, Kelly Neidert of Protect Texas Kids, start with this article I wrote many months ago for .
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One last photo: Here is Kelly Neidert of Protect Texas Kids speaking with what appears to be a member of Patriot Front.
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So, to make it abundantly clear: even if the non-Nazi protesters say they don't like Nazis, they're still associating with at least two other openly fascist groups tonight and have regularly associated with Proud Boys at events in the past.
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