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Political pressure over ‘Drag Kids’ event rocks Boise Pride

A Boise Pride Festival banner hangs on a lamp post in front of the Idaho Statehouse on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the three-day festival starting Friday evening have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Boise Pride Festival vice president Joseph Kibbe talks on the phone while setting up for the three-day event on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) A Boise Pride Festival banner hangs on a lamp post in front of the Idaho Statehouse on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the three-day festival starting Friday evening have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) A Boise Pride Festival banner hangs on a lamp post in front of the Idaho Statehouse on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the three-day festival starting Friday evening have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Boise Pride Festival president Michael Dale carries banners across a Boise park while setting up for the three-day Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the festival have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Volunteers help set up for the three-day Boise Pride Festival on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. Organizers of the festival have been subjected to intense political pushback from the Idaho GOP and conservative groups in part because of a "Drag Kids" performance scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) Boise Pride Festival executive director Donald Williamson talks about what the three-day event means to the LGBTQ+ community on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)