A Drag March is planned for Friday evening for the “horrible mishandling” of the recent drag event at MoSH.
Event organizers canceled a drag show there last Friday after a group of Proud Boys arrived armed to protest the event. Kevin Thompson, executive director of MoSH, told WMCTV that the museum is “fine with protesters” but “not armed militia” with “military-grade weapons.”
In response, a group called Memphis TransLove has planned a march for Friday, September 30th at 5:30 p.m. The march will roll from the metal statue at the corner of Cooper and Madison in Overton Square to the gay pride rainbow crosswalk at the corner of Cooper and Young. A rally will follow the march featuring speeches from community leaders in the First Congo parking lot.
Memphis TransLove says the event is “in direct response to the horrible mishandling of the safety of the children and adults at MoSH’s drag event.”
“We will be loudly expressing that people that intimidate us with guns and violence are not protesters but terrorists,” reads a statement form the group. “We will be expressing that our community deserves to be protected and allowed to express our queerness without fear of violence.
“This march will be a spectacular display of color, glamour, and beautiful queerness. We will be taking over the streets and taking back our safety!
“We stand strong as queer people and refuse to be forced to only express ourselves in spaces deemed ‘gay.’”