Miami hotel loses liquor license after kids shown ‘sexually explicit’ drag show

A luxurious Miami lodge was stripped of its liquor license Tuesday after placing on a “sexually specific” Christmas drag efficiency with kids within the viewers, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced.

The Sunshine State’s Division of Enterprise and Skilled Regulation had warned the Hyatt Regency Miami in opposition to letting kids underneath the age of 16 attend the Dec. 27 “Drag Queen Christmas Present” at its James L. Knight Heart, in accordance with a proper criticism shared with The Put up.

However the venue went forward with the efficiency anyway, letting minors attend if accompanied by an grownup.

“Subsequently, the Division is revoking the venue’s license for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks,” DeSantis’ workplace mentioned in an announcement.

“Sexually specific content material is just not acceptable to show to kids and doing so violates Florida legislation.”

“A Drag Queen Christmas” was promoted as an “all ages” present. After intense backlash, the promoters “beneficial” that solely folks 18 and up attend.

The present — headlined by Ru Paul’s Drag Race contestants Nina West and Trinity the Tuck — featured performers romping on stage “carrying sexually suggestive clothes and prosthetic feminine genitalia,” in accordance with the criticism.

The drag queens inappropriately interacted with the viewers by rubbing the prosthetic breasts on the faces and mouths of viewers members, the state claimed.

The performers additionally had been accused of deliberately exposing their rears, “simulating masturbation” and “graphic depictions of childbirth and/or abortion.”

One performer — adorned with pink fluorescent breasts — sang a quantity titled “Screwdolph the Pink-Nippled Reindeer,” in accordance with a Florida Voice reporter who attended the occasion.

Performers acted “sensually” all through and a number of other numbers included erotic dancing and “graphics insinuating sexual acts,” the outlet reported, whereas the queens routinely used profanity throughout spoken parts of this system.

Together with drag queens at any occasion the place kids could also be current has change into a hot-button concern throughout the nation.

Final week, New York Metropolis Councilmember Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) was booted from the chamber’s psychological well being committee as punishment for her strident opposition to Drag Queen Story Hour, a child-friendly, non-sexual efficiency for teenagers.

The Hyatt Regency didn’t instantly reply to The Put up’s request for remark.