COLUMBUS, Ohio — The drag queen performance of a 9-year-old boy at a bar outside Ohio’s capital city has prompted a state legislator to propose a law aimed at closing what he says is a “loophole in child exploitation laws.”legislation proposed by Rep. Timothy Schaffer, a Lancaster Republican, would update child endangering laws to prevent performances by children that simulate sexual activity and appeal to “the prurient interest.”Jacob Measley’s mother, Jerri, disagrees.
The furor began after Jacob, of Perrysburg, performed in drag as “Miss Mae Hem” at a Lancaster bar outside Columbus in December.
This is a great idea. Any parent that allows this, needs counseling pending investigation
GimpHula Good
And to think...there are people that actuay believe a 9 year old in drag is perfectly acceptable.
What about this scares these crazy people?
These are 2 separate issues, a 9yo child should not be performing in a bar, (& I come from Vegas) the drag part left out. This is a minor being exploited in a sexual manner just the same as what ppl claim we did to girls like JonBenet Ramsey. As an adult why watch a child grind?
I agree. Let's work on child beauty pageants next.
That's one helluva fake ID
9 years old? In drag? In a bar? ALL 3 ARE JUST WRONG!! Please remove that poor kid before he's pimped any further!
Because there are more important things, for lawmakers too spend their time on.
Aka the legislator is uncomfortable with a child doing drag
I bet he's a pervert in shadows
Oh FFS. My daughter danced in Irish pubs every St. Pat’s day.
Next Appearance
It’s a sad day that you would have to have this type of law in our country. Just sayin
What was a kid doing in a bar in the first place 21 is the legal age.
Omg 😔
It’s gross to start with and especially in a bar
Disgusting display of child abuse
The Devil at work!
Transgenderism is a mental health disorder
Arrest that kids parents!
Why is a child in a bar?
How on earth is this child even allowed in a bar? Were his parents profiting from this, exploitation is right, inexcusable!!
Then shut down all pageants for good...
Fortheflag22 How are they allowing children in at bars at all? What is wrong with people? Sexual deviancy is corrupting our nation. God does not take kindly to that. Look at what he did to Sodom and Gomorrha. If he doesn't judge us soon, he'll have to apologize.
His mom wants him to do this!?! CPS where are you?
Sick and anyone who thinks this is ok is demented
Oh FFS! Little girls have been exploited and sexualized in junior beauty contests that include inappropriate outfits and makeup, and nobody bats an eye... A boy performs in drag and laws are being written? Wow!
Wtf is a 9 year old performing drag for
Drag performance is not simulating several activity. That speaks more to the politicians mindset then anything else. A loophole would be any kid performing in a bar.
Sickening. God help America😞
Why is a 9 year old in drag to begin with? Sick world.
So, I personally find this inappropriate because I also find Toddlers & Tiaras or certain aspects of Dance Moms inappropriate. Funny how a boy spurred this convo for the govt. but not the thousands of girls performing suggestive dance, cheer or gymnastics routines.
chrishansen we need you.
'Open pedophile grooming prompted legislator to propose bill to close what he calls child exploitation loophole' There fixed your headline for you.
So a 9 was made to perform for bunch of child molesters in a bar 😱😱
Wide stance Republicans putting a foot down.
There's a loophole for this? For a 9 year-old to be performing at a bar? 🧐
What is 'prurient,' as the Republicans claim, about being in drag? And as long as a nine-year is not drinking, what is wrong with a kid being in a bar with a parent? We are sick of hateful freaks trying to shove their religion down other people's throats.
Parents should go to prison, at the very least should lose the child.
How can a mother think it's OK for her son to preform in drag at a bar? Pathetic.
so let me say this a 9 year old has no place in bars that the real crime here and people are to blind to see it i guess the dems and the left hate it because someone stood up oh thats right its not about trump or illegals so no one cares
This was a charity event held at a drag bar. This is the performance.
Can't wait until lawmakers discover boys can do makeup tutorials on YouTube. With makeup, for girls!! Or is this about performances, because DanceMoms better lawyer up. Jk, we all know this is purity posturing about the bedazzling gene not being exclusively on the X chromosome
ROFLMAO!
Assume child is a dancer that performs at venues. Question should be: Would the performance have been OK were the child not in drag? If so, simply being cross-dressed for the performance shouldn't matter. Many kids play opposite gender roles in plays at school & elsewhere.
Oh god, guess it's time for more moral panic. The music wasn't suggestive. The child wasn't being exploited. The routine wasn't sexually suggestive. If children can be cheerleaders than this boy can do this routine. If money were the issue then let's close down lemonade stands.
Why would you let your son or daughter perform at a bar regardless of drag or not?
Ohio is the Florida of the north.
So does that mean cheerleading would be banned? Toddler pageants? All organized dancing and gymnastics? Or is this brazenly just about suppressing trans expression and enforcing gender conformity? I know the answer to this, but it shouldn't be the answer.
Remember when the GOP was the party of small government and didn’t see a need to legislate every little thing?
Good, kids don’t belong in bars. IDGAF if they’re performing there or not
Sort of like when the Black Panthers started walking around with assault rifles. The Right sure got wise to restrictions to the 2nd Amendment real quick.
Ohio is legislating transphobia.
Good.
The drag performance is no big deal, but doesn’t Ohio have laws about 9 year old kids in bars?
Now you've done it, you've gone and poked the hornets nest that is the LGBTQ activist community. Too bad this is a Republican politician doing the responsible thing here, they'll call him a racist and shout him down. But Democrats need to be speaking out too.
Great idea. Hopefully, more states will follow.
Why was a 9 year old performing at a bar?
Usually this isnt a thing until puberty happens. otherwise its pretend
Good Sickos
Thank god someone has good sense
This is an outrage! How can the government put restrictions on expressing yourself. I hate this administration! ImpeachTrump OrangeManBad