The U.S. military faced backlash over a planned drag show at its first diversity and inclusion event at an Air Force base in Virginia which was promoted as children-friendly.
The first-ever Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summer Festival was presented at Langley Air Force Base on July 30. According to the event website, the festival was to feature a number of guest speakers and cultural groups’ performances, as well as a drag show.
“This event was an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our teammates and our families,” Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) said in an updated event announcement on Facebook on Aug. 1, adding that because of unacceptable language, some “comments have been turned off.”…