Maine High School Pays Drag Performer $1,000 to Host Catered Workshop for LGBT Students

Dominick Varney, known as Priscilla Poppycocks when performing in drag, paints his social media page with sexual innuendo. Yet Maine’s Bangor High School (BHS) paid him $1,000 to put on a workshop with a theme of his choice for LGBT students in May.
“I just know you are a role model for these kids, and we just want you to shine a light on them,” BHS English teacher Emilie Throckmorton wrote to Mr. Varney, who also works as assistant director of undergraduate academic advising and support services for the University of Maine (UMaine).
The comment was included in an email obtained through a public records request by parental rights advocate Shawn McBreairty. Mr. McBreairty is a director at the Maine First Project, a parental rights group….