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Political pressure over ‘Drag Kids’ event rocks Boise Pride

Fireworks shoot into the air next to the Idaho State House, which is illuminated in rainbow colors for the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Rocci Johnson Band performs at the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Singer Slayyyter performs on the stage as rainbow lights illuminate the Capitol Building on the first day of the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) People socialize and dance at the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Fireworks shoot into the air next to the Idaho State House, which is illuminated in rainbow colors for the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Fireworks shoot into the air next to the Idaho State House, which is illuminated in rainbow colors for the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Rocci Johnson Band performs at the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Singer Slayyyter performs on the stage as rainbow lights illuminate the Capitol Building on the first day of the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) People socialize and dance at the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Fireworks shoot into the air next to the Idaho State House, which is illuminated in rainbow colors for the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Fireworks shoot into the air next to the Idaho State House, which is illuminated in rainbow colors for the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Rocci Johnson Band performs at the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Singer Slayyyter performs on the stage as rainbow lights illuminate the Capitol Building on the first day of the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) People socialize and dance at the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) Fireworks shoot into the air next to the Idaho State House, which is illuminated in rainbow colors for the Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The event continues through Sunday. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP) A Boise Pride Festival banner hangs on a lamp post in front of the Idaho Statehouse on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the three-day festival starting Friday evening have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Boise Pride Festival executive director Donald Williamson talks about what the three-day event means to the LGBTQ+ community on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Boise Pride Festival vice president Joseph Kibbe talks on the phone while setting up for the three-day event on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) A Boise Pride Festival banner hangs on a lamp post in front of the Idaho Statehouse on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the three-day festival starting Friday evening have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) A Boise Pride Festival banner hangs on a lamp post in front of the Idaho Statehouse on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the three-day festival starting Friday evening have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Volunteers help set up for the three-day Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the festival have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Boise Pride Festival president Michael Dale carries banners across a Boise park while setting up for the three-day Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the festival have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)
Political pressure over ‘Drag Kids’ event rocks Boise Pride