{"id":21504,"date":"2025-10-29T17:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21504\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:14:24","slug":"irish-drag-queens-assaulted-while-filming-promotional-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21504\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish drag queens assaulted while filming promotional video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img width=\"792\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Drag-queens-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cord-based drag queens Lucina Schynning and Krystal Queer were assaulted while filming promotional content.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Cord-based drag queens Lucina Schynning and Krystal Queer were assaulted while filming promotional content. (Instagram\/<br \/>\nkrystalqueer) <\/p>\n<p>Two Irish drag queens have been assaulted while filming a promotional video for their shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lucina Schynning and Krystal Queer were filming a video on the street when a man came up to them from behind and attacked them.\u00a0Upon the pair confronting the attacker, another group of men began assaulting them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cork-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/?s=drag+queens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drag queens <\/a>posted a video to their Instagram on Monday (27 October), explaining the attacks and showing footage of their attackers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They captioned the distributing video: \u201cLast night we wanted to film a silly little video to promote an upcoming event, unfortunately while we were recording we experienced two unprovoked homophobic attacks. If anyone has any footage or information on the men included in the above video we would really appreciate you reaching out to us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@pinknews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pinknews?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@pinknews<\/a> Two Irish drag queens have been assaulted while filming a video promoting their shows.Lucina Schynning and Krystal Queer were filming a video on the street when a man came up behind them and attacked them. When they tried to confront him, another group of men started assaulting them.The Cork-based drag queens posted a video to their Instagram profiles to explain what happened, showing videos of their attackers.&#8221; Last night we wanted to film a silly little video to promote an upcoming event, unfortunately while we were recording we experienced two unprovoked homophobic attacks,&#8221;&#8221;If anyone has any footage or information on the men included in the above video we would really appreciate you reaching out to us.&#8221; <a title=\"drag\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/drag?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#drag<\/a> <a title=\"dragqueen\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/dragqueen?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#dragqueen<\/a> <a title=\"cork\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cork?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#cork<\/a> <a title=\"crime\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/crime?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#crime<\/a> <a title=\"lgbtqia\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbtqia?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#lgbtqia<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - PinkNews \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-PinkNews-\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f-7566236632937171735?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c original sound  \u2013 PinkNews \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>In a video posted two days after the attack, the pair confirmed that all of the attackers have been identified and reported to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They captioned the update: \u201cThank you all so much for your support, your comments, and your messages. We are so grateful for every last one of you and promise we will get around to reading them all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They confirmed they will be protesting the behaviour by going ahead with the upcoming event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PinkNews has contacted the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts! Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cord-based drag queens Lucina Schynning and Krystal Queer were assaulted while filming promotional content. 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