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# ACLU Files Discrimination Complaint After Congressional Hopeful Cancels Drag Show for Disabled Performers
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/aclu-files-discrimination-complaint-after-congressional-hopeful-cancels-drag-show-for-disabled-performers/
- Published: 2019-09-06T15:56:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:46:48.000Z
- Description: | Recently, a drag show for performers with Down syndrome was canceled by Republican congressional candidate Peter Meijer. He rescinded permission for the showcase at a venue he owns in Michigan, questioning whether or not the performers could provide “informed consent.” A 20-year-old Drag Syndrome
- Author: News Update
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

Recently, a drag show for performers with Down syndrome was canceled by Republican congressional candidate Peter Meijer. He rescinded permission for the showcase at a venue he owns in Michigan, questioning whether or not the performers could provide “informed consent.” A 20-year-old Drag Syndrome member who performs under the name Justin Bond, told the [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/arts/drag-syndrome-peter-meijer.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts&action=click&contentCollection=arts®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&ref=hyperallergic.com), “We deserve the right to be ourselves and be in drag. That’s what we do best.” Read the full story [**here**](https://hyperallergic.com/drag-show-for-performers-with-down-syndrome-cancelled-by-congressional-candidate/).

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