🚨 EXCLUSIVE: EAST TEXAS PRIDE EVENTS, CHILDREN, DRAG PERFORMANCES, POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS. DIRECT VIOLATION OF TEXAS LAW! Im going to name EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE CHILDREN ARE OFF LIMITS! And yes, James Talarico and Beto are at the top of the list. What I initially began looking into as two separate Pride events in East Texas has turned into a much larger investigation involving nonprofit organizations, political groups, taxpayer-owned municipal facilities, regional organizers, vendors and activists operating across multiple East Texas communities. On June 27, 2026, Paris Prism Pride was held at Love Civic Center in Paris, Texas. The event was hosted by The Prism and featured a traveling drag revue coordinated through the Tyler Area Gays (TAG+) Thespians. The evidence provided for review documents minors present while drag performers were being tipped with money during performances. Then, on July 11, Pride East Texas Longview held its event inside the Maude Cobb Convention Complex - a municipal facility owned and operated by the City of Longview. Again, the evidence provided for review documents children in the immediate audience while drag performers were financially tipped during performances. The event also included local drag performances and a “Pups in Drag” runway competition. These events shared parts of a regional organizational and commercial pipeline. Special Health Resources maintained a presence at both. Hardwicks is identified in the material as providing logistical support for both festivals. Multiple independent vendors traveled the same circuit. The organizers also coordinated their dates - June 27 in Paris and July 11 in Longview - to avoid conflicts involving performers and vendors and cross-promoted the events. The Lamar County Democrats maintained a physical presence at the Paris event, including voter-registration and political outreach activities. (I will share photos) At the Longview axis, the material identifies Powered by People, founded by Beto O’Rourke, as part of the political voter-registration operation. Powered by People describes its mission as reaching, registering and mobilizing voters to elect Democrats throughout Texas. And then… you guessed it, the nastiest of them all in the center… James Talarico. Talarico’s 2026 campaign has worked with Beto O’Rourke and Powered by People on voter-outreach strategy. Reporting in July revealed that Powered by People held a strategy call with Talarico’s campaign as part of an outreach effort specifically looking at potential Democratic voters including drag-show attendees. Talarico also has a public legislative history on this exact issue. During the 2023 battle over legislation restricting s*xually oriented performances on public property or in front of minors, Talarico publicly PRAISED Texas drag queens and opposed efforts he believed targeted drag performances. At the urging of the House LGBTQ Caucus, he ultimately voted “present” on key legislation. Now Texans deserve to know exactly how far the political and organizational connections surrounding these 2026 events extend. Because the conduct documented at these events raises serious questions under Texas SB 12. This isn’t simply about whether someone dressed in drag. That isn’t the issue. Adults can do this if they want… OUT of the presence of CHILDREN! The issue is children being present during s*xualized performances, including children in audiences where money was being handed or thrown to performers as they danced. If the documented performances meet SB 12’s statutory definition of a prohibited s*xually oriented performance, the fact that this occurred with minors present - and inside taxpayer-owned municipal facilities - puts the conduct directly within the territory the Legislature sought to regulate.