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Pastor who performed in drag on HBO forced out
An Indiana pastor has been forced to leave his job after being criticized for performing in drag on the HBO show "We're Here."
The show follows three drag queens — Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O'Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley — as they travel to small towns to put on drag shows. In each town, they pick out local community members — whom they dub their "drag daughters" — and teach them how to perform in drag. The show tackles issues of self-love and finding LGBTQ community in small towns and conservative areas.
Craig Duke, a pastor at the Newburgh United Methodist Church in Newburgh, Indiana, a small town near the Kentucky border, performed alongside "drag mother" O'Hara in an episode that aired on Nov. 8. The duo performed to Kesha's "We Are Who We Are," with Duke wearing a bright pink wig and a white robe.
"You can't do a drag show like this in southern Indiana and not offend someone," he said in the episode, noting that the community is conservative. "I'm hoping it's a bridge for my daughter, for the church I serve, for the denomination I love and for me. And I'm hoping that my voice will become stronger."
The show follows three drag queens — Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O'Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley — as they travel to small towns to put on drag shows. In each town, they pick out local community members — whom they dub their "drag daughters" — and teach them how to perform in drag. The show tackles issues of self-love and finding LGBTQ community in small towns and conservative areas.
Craig Duke, a pastor at the Newburgh United Methodist Church in Newburgh, Indiana, a small town near the Kentucky border, performed alongside "drag mother" O'Hara in an episode that aired on Nov. 8. The duo performed to Kesha's "We Are Who We Are," with Duke wearing a bright pink wig and a white robe.
"You can't do a drag show like this in southern Indiana and not offend someone," he said in the episode, noting that the community is conservative. "I'm hoping it's a bridge for my daughter, for the church I serve, for the denomination I love and for me. And I'm hoping that my voice will become stronger."
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/pastor-performed-drag-hbos-leaves-church-rcna7866
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