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A major Florida hotel cast off blame after the DeSantis administration announced that it was moving to strip its liquor license over a sexually explicit Christmas-themed drag show with children present. The Hyatt Regency Miami hosted "A Drag Queen Christmas" in December, which included performers rubbing prosthetic breasts and genitals on the faces and mouths of attendees, exposed rears, simulated masturbation, "graphic depictions of childbirth and/or abortion," according to a complaint the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed. .... Sexual remixes to popular Christmas songs such as "Screwdolph the Red-Nippled Reindeer," were also played with explicit lyrics including,...

The DeSantis administration stripped a major Miami hotel of its liquor license after hosting a Christmas-themed drag queen show in December with children present despite warnings. The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation warned the Hyatt Regency Miami against hosting a "sexually explicit show with children present," but the hotel did anyway, according to a statement from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office. "Therefore, the Department is revoking the venue’s license for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages," the statement adds. "Sexually explicit content is not appropriate to display to children and doing so violates Florida law. Governor DeSantis...

The DeSantis administration is revoking the Hyatt Regency Miami's alcohol license after one of its facilities hosted "A Drag Queen Christmas" with minors present in the audience. According to the complaint, "A Drag Queen Christmas" updated its advertising to say that the show contained "adult content" and was recommended for people 18 and up, unless accompanied by an adult. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed a 17-page complaint Tuesday against the show's venue, the James L. Knight Center, which is affiliated with Hyatt. The department said performers were "wearing sexually suggesting clothing and prosthetic female genitalia," as well...

Drag queens have launched a Christmas tour dubbed “The Naughty List” that has already garnered controversy from a journalist who observed and recorded one event held in Austin, Texas, describing it as “a blatantly sexualized show meant to groom children.” The show’s host, Andrew Robert Levitt, who performs under the stage name “Nina West,” is affiliated with two of the foremost children’s television networks: Disney and Nickelodeon. His tour is scheduled to make 18 stops in cities across the United States for a total of 36 shows. This article featured unedited videos and images from the event, which are sometimes...

A Democrat from the Florida Congressional delegation is taking aim at Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis over his decision to file a legal complaint against the institution responsible for hosting "A Drag Queen Christmas" event, which children were allowed to attend. The governor filed a six-count legal complaint against the Orlando Philharmonic Foundation for "exposing minor children to lewd sexual acts during a drag show that took place in Orlando on December 28," local outlet The Floridian reported Friday. Responding to DeSantis' complaint, which could result in the state revoking the institution’s liquor license, freshman Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., accused...