The Fight Over Kids at Drag Shows Is a Classic Moral Panic

Of course, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration would contribute to the latest Christmas-themed targeting of drag queens as some existential threat.

The state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation sent a letter Wednesday to the Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation in Orlando, Florida, because their venue was hosting A Drag Queen Christmas, a touring stage production crossing the country that's been around for eight years.

The letter warns the venue that they have "reason to believe that this drag show is of a sexual nature, involving the exposure or...