11 year old transgender kid dancing in gay club

Desmond Napoles first became a social media sensation back inwhen he sashayed his way down Fifth Avenue in the New York City Pride March, wearing a pink tutu.

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He was 8 years old. The complaints that led to a months-long investigation were sparked by a performance that Desmond did back in December at a gay bar in in New York City. However, Wendy insists that her son was well protected. Desmond was only allowed on the stage and in his private dressing room.

According to Wendy, tipping is customary for drag queensand she and her husband, Andrew, allow Desmond to use any of the money that he makes for toys or whatever else he desires. Still, people saw the performance as inappropriate and even exploitative, which provoked a call to action in the form of reports to ACS.

But Wendy says that several other agencies also investigated their family by looking at every video, every interview and every photo of Desmond — including those being circulated by different hate groups. They would visit Desmond at his school several times a week and pull him out of class.

His grades went down, he thought it was embarrassing, he just started middle school. Social media, where Desmond has aggregated overfollowers, turned into a platform where the family would address the hardships of the investigation and even pose questions to those who were placing the reports. Ultimately, Wendy took to that same platform to share the results of the investigation as a form of defense for her family.

However, Wendy says that the check-ins have yet to stop, while the agency also continues to provide the family with preventative resources, such as therapy for Desmond, as well as extra security for him while at school. So ACS has been giving us a lot of community and support services at this point. I would say that his advocacy work is probably more important to him than doing drag.

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