Far-right influencers and z-list actors waged war against drag queens featured in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Beyond the misinformation and Christian propaganda, there's a much deeper story—one that spans the decades, even centuries.

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• French Drag Artists Made History as First in Drag to Carry an Olympic Torch, 07/25/24 [GLAAD]
• Olympic opening ceremony drag performance resembling Last Supper rankles conservatives, 07/27/24 [NBC News]
• Drag queens shine at Olympics opening, but ‘Last Supper’ tableau draws criticism, 07/27/24 [AP]
• LGB Alliance CEO hits out at Olympic torch-bearer drag queen in furious ‘erasure of women’ rant, 07/26/24 [PinkNews]
• Candace Cameron Bure doubles down after calling Last Supper drag show at Olympics opening ceremony ‘disgusting’, 07/29/24 [Page Six]
• Olympics Opening Ceremony Artistic Director Says Controversial Tableau Was Not Inspired By ‘The Last Supper’ – Update, 07/28/24 [Deadline]
• Olympics Organizers Apologize After Drag Queen ‘Last Supper’ Slammed By Conservatives, 07/28/24 [Forbes]
• 'Semi-Naked Blue Guy' Addresses Olympic Opening Ceremony Controversy [HuffPo]
• Meet the controversial self-described 'love activist' who played Jesus in Paris Olympics opening ceremony's 'woke Last Supper parody' as she shares behind-the-scenes details, 07/28/24 [DM]
• Drag Race star in Paris Olympics opening ceremony reacts to conservative backlash: 'We ain't going nowhere', 07/29/24 [EW]
• Drag queen Nicky Doll responds to her role in controversial Olympics opening ceremony segment and the fight for representation: EXCLUSIVE, [Today]
• Barbara Butch Social Media Posts [Instagram]
• Sydney Olympics featured our own drag show 24 years ago, 07/30/24 [Q News]
• Drag Queens to 'Come Out' at Aussie Olympics, 08/23/2000 [ABC]
• News via Rediff, via Reuters, 08/23/2000 [Rediff]