The drag show was hosted by Joshua Kelley, who performs under the name "Harpy Daniels – The Navy Drag Queen." Children were encouraged to attend the festival, as the website advertised "bouncy houses and face painting for the children."
The Daily Wire reported that Colonel Gregory Beaulieu, commander of the 633d Air Base Wing at JBLE, approved the event with the drag show and authorized the use of military resources to fund the event.
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The official JBLE facebook page shared pictures from the event yet did not include photos from the drag show.
"Today, the Breaking Barriers Alliance of Joint Base Langley-Eustis put on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summer Festival! The festival was a time for members of the community to learn about and celebrate the many people that make #TeamJBLE the rich, diverse, and strong team that it is," the post announced. "Thanks to all the communities, performers and folks that came out to learn, have fun, and make JBLE the best place to live and work!"
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Since the event was reported on, JBLE updated their Facebook post to read, "Comments have been turned off. This is not something we take lightly. We pride ourselves on having an open forum with our teammates. Still, some of the language and personal attacks in the comment section below violate our comment policy and will not be tolerated."
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A JBLE employee who got an invite to the event explained to Daily Wire that the drag show was infuriating.
An anonymous source who works at JBLE was invited to attend the event and told the Daily Wire the drag show was infuriating, "It's burlesque, it's hyper-sexualized, it's not something appropriate for children."
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American Military News further reported on the event and the "recent push for so-called 'diversity, equity, and inclusion in the US military."
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"Earlier this year, a Navy official told American Military News that Navy members who intentionally 'misuse' transgender service members' pronouns are in violation of the Navy's harassment policy and could face administrative or judicial action," they announced.
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"Diversity may be a strength for America, but it cannot be an organizing principle for the Pentagon. Actual strength — physical strength, mental strength, and overall end strength — is our strength," he said. "DEI initiatives risk sapping this strength. By co-opting the Woke Left's obsession with racial and gender diversity, the Pentagon's DEI evangelists are ironically stifling intellectual diversity that might improve military performance."
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