“We would never try to overtly sexualise our child. But if he wears something that makes him feel beautiful, what right do I have to stop him wearing that dress because it might cause people to think things they shouldn’t be thinking?” she asked. “It’s a circular problem.”
(Heather Clark – Christian News Network) Concerns are being raised after a photograph has surfaced of a 10-year-old “drag child” posing next to an adult “drag queen” who is completely naked, except for a pair of high heels and a small covering over his reproductive organs.
The Daily Wire first brought the matter to light as it shared a screenshot of the image, which had been posted to the “Queen Lactatia” Instagram page, run by the boy’s mother.
According to the outlet, the snapshot was the work of photographer Jonathan Frederick Turton, and was one of a variety of portraits for Huck Magazine, which published an article on the child on Jan. 7. That particular photograph was not included with the report.
Turton interviewed the Canadian boy, Nemis Quinn Mélançon-Golden, and his mother, Jessica Mélançon, about the child’s life as a drag queen under the alias “Lactatia.”
“Drag is an adult arena and that’s where people question our judgement,” Mélançon acknowledged. “So we have to censor things. He knows there are adult aspects of drag that he’s not allowed to apply to his show.”
“We would never try to overtly sexualise our child. But if he wears something that makes him feel beautiful, what right do I have to stop him wearing that dress because it might cause people to think things they shouldn’t be thinking?” she asked. “It’s a circular problem.”
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