Colorado shooting takes top drag queens on tour with armed guards and metal detectors
The deadly attack at an LGBTQ club in Colorado last month, where a shooter turned the venue's "Drag Divas" night into a massacre, has worsened an already harrowing year for drag performers. Eight of the country's top drag queens told NBC News that the current environment has subdued their larger-than-life personalities, prompting four of them to increase security at their events in recent weeks.The November 19 shooting at Colorado Springs' only LGBTQ nightclub, Club Q, left five people dead and 17 others shot. The 22-year-old suspect is being held without bail on suspicion of murder and hate crimes, though authorities…
