Yuengling Faces Questions For Sponsoring Venue Hosting Drag Show For Families
Beer brand Yuengling, which recently made headlines with a pro-America post seemingly in response to backlash for Bud Light promoting transgenderism, has been called out for sponsoring a venue that is hosting an all-ages drag show in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Amid nationwide backlash against numerous companies for pushing radical gender ideology and LGBT Pride, Yuengling was celebrated by many conservatives for supposedly being pro-America — especially as the company’s owner endorsed former President Donald Trump in 2016.
After Americans began boycotting Bud Light, many announced their switch to Yuengling. Soon after, the company posted a simple pro-America tweet that contained a picture of a bottle of Yuengling in front of an American flag and a caption that read: “Yuengling, The Oldest Brewery In America. Independently Owned and Family Operated since 1829 because we make good beer.”
However, the same people who celebrated Yuengling for that post are now questioning the company over a post linking them to a drag show that allows children to attend.
“Need your drag fix before our iconic Musikfest Drag Show?” the festival’s Facebook page wrote on June 12th. “Well, the queens return to Musikfest Cafe pres. by Yuengling on June 30th!”
Musikfest sells their event’s tickets through ArtsQuest, a Bethlehem-based nonprofit “providing access to art, culture and educational programs for the diverse residents of the Lehigh Valley and others who seek access to our community.”
The news of the event began to go viral after journalist and podcast host Tim Pool tweeted about the issue, highlighting that the drag show allowed babies to attend. Pool was informed about the issue by a member of his Timcast website, and confirmed that the event is “family-friendly” via the venue’s website.
In a tweet, Pool highlighted a portion of ArtsQuest’s ticket policies that states all attendees must have tickets — “including babies in arms.”
The event quickly deleted their tweet, though the Facebook post remained up.
“Venue confirms Drag show allows babies, is still happening, they do not know why the tweet was deleted,” Pool explained in another tweet.
On his YouTube show “Timcast,” Pool questioned whether Yuengling was following the path of Bud Light or if the beer company simply sponsored the venue itself and was not actually associated with the drag show. The company has yet to respond to the controversy.
