{"id":348650,"date":"2026-09-16T20:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348650\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:57:03","slug":"james-talarico-names-alyssa-edwards-as-favorite-drag-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/348650\/","title":{"rendered":"James Talarico names Alyssa Edwards as favorite drag queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> Democratic Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"17710\">James Talarico<\/a> named Alyssa Edwards as his favorite <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/drag-queen\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"9662\">drag queen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name refers to Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, whose stage name is Alyssa Edwards. The drag performer has been outspoken on LGBT issues, especially in support of youth drag shows.<\/p>\n<p>      Stay informed.Stay ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-copy\">\n        Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most.\n      <\/p>\n<p>    Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-deck\">\n      Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis,<br \/>\n      and subscriber-only journalism.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"we-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/subscribe\/digital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Get Unlimited Access<br \/>\n      \u203a<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-member\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sign-in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-cancel\">Cancel anytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico named Alyssa Edwards as his favorite drag queen. The name refers to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5615,110211,9,24,63,87,122,124,123,855,1777],"class_list":["post-348650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-drag-queen","tag-james-talarico","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-senate","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}