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By Johnny Trlica Drag Queens have become easy targets of politicians on the right, being portrayed as predators coming for your children. Groomers. What they fail to see is the difference the Queens in ourcommunity have made with their generosity, the joy they bring and the countless hours they spendperforming acts of charity. During the
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