Re: Google Booed by Employees at Planned Drag Show Event

Gaetz <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Google is advocating homosexual child molestation.

Google employees booed the company at its second annual drag show 
following the company’s decision to reverse its support for the event. 
Google withdrew its support of the planned drag show after some employees 
signed a petition saying the event was offensive to their Christian 
religion.

The San Francisco-based drag show featured performer Joshua Grannell, 
whose stage name is Peaches Christ, and who has performed in the city for 
30 years. Google had initially agreed to sponsor the event which was 
hosted at a bar in the Castro neighborhood, but reportedly backtracked on 
its decision after it received the petition, saying it hadn’t followed the 
necessary protocols when agreeing to the show.

“I don’t usually talk about this sort of thing,” Grannell said in a video 
posted to TikTok. “Folks who work at Google put this together and we did 
this last year and it was fabulous and it was fun and we had a good time. 
And this year, a group of Christians at Google signed a petition to take 
this event from their employees because they thought it was upsetting, 
offensive, controversial,” Grannell said in.

Grannell’s speech received boos from people in the audience, including 
Google employees who wore “Pride” t-shirts, while one person yelled: “We 
support you!”

The event was scheduled to conclude Pride Month by showing Google’s 
supposed support for the LGBTQ+ community, but when the drag show was 
reportedly removed from Google’s events page, it sparked outrage. Its 
removal coincided with the petition signed by a few hundred employees who 
accused Google of religious discrimination and disrespecting Christian co-
workers. “Their provocative and inflammatory artistry is considered a 
direct affront to the religious beliefs and sensitivities of Christians,” 
employees said in the petition, CNBC reported.

When asked if the petition contributed to Google reversing its support and 
if it plans to hold Pride events next year, a Google spokesperson declined 
to answer.

Google confirmed to CNBC that the drag show performance was no longer 
categorized as a “Google-recognized diversity, equity, and inclusion 
event,” the outlet reported, adding that the company had set up a separate 
social event at its offices and was encouraging employees to attend that 
event instead.

The controversy comes as 11 Republican-led states have introduced 
legislative proposals to restrict or ban drag shows including South 
Dakota, which proposed a bill to prohibit state-operated facilities from 
hosting an event “where a performer exhibits a gender identity that is 
different from the performer’s biological sex through the use of clothing, 
makeup, or other physical markers, for the predominant purpose of 
appealing to a prurient interest.”

Speaking about the lack of support from politicians and companies across 
the U.S., Grannell said at his performance, “This thing that happened with 
Google, unfortunately for this event, is actually indicative of a huge 
groundswell of hatred across the country using drag queens and trans 
people as scapegoats.”

In 2021, Google voiced its support for the LGBTQ+ community with a message 
on its site saying it was committing to “help fund and celebrate inclusive 
spaces that foster belonging for all.” The company held a virtual Pride 
party on YouTube and said it had committed to $4 million in cash and ad 
grants to LGBTQ+ businesses and organizations that had been affected by 
the Covid-19 pandemic.

But with Google’s decision to back off its support for the Pride event, 
Grannell told CNBC, “For me, it’s a real bummer to see this happen but I 
also think it needs to be called out.” He continued, “If you’re going to 
put a rainbow flag on stuff and march in the queer Pride parade but not 
support your queer employees and not take a stand against anti-queer 
sentiment, even in the name of religion, then you’re not a real ally.”

Ron
1 day ago

No company should be pro or con on any issue because some employees (and 
customers) are on the other side.  Some employees will suddenly be in a 
hostile work environment and can claim they are passed over because of 
their views AND SUE.

https://news.yahoo.com/google-booed-employees-planned-drag-153500320.html