MIAMI — After Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the “Parental Rights in Education” law — dubbed the “don’t say gay” law by its critics — the co-owner of R House, which hosts a popular drag brunch in Miami’s Wynwood district, had no qualms speaking out against it.
“Whatever is going on in Tallahassee, every weekend we will be representing our community in a positive way,” Owen Bale told the Miami Herald in April. “Doing what we do is a political statement in its own right.”
Now, R House itself is under fire from the governor and under investigation by the state over a video of a partially clad drag queen leading around a little girl during a brunch performance. The bar, through a public relations firm, vows the shows will indeed go on this weekend. But its owners weren’t making any statements, political or otherwise, a day after the governor warned the venue’s liquor license could be yanked — a move that could potentially close it down.
