Instagram “Rupublicans” drag Texas governor with billboard near state capitol

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a ceremony where he signed SB7, a bill to address inappropriate teacher-student relationships, at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Austin. Photo: (AP Photo/Eric Gay) The team behind the popular Instagram account Rupublicans is taking their show on the road after raising thousands of dollars to put up a big billboard near the Texas state capitol. The sign decries Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) ban on drag shows as a court case on the law’s legal standing starts. The parody account posts AI-generated images of anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans dressed in drag. The name is a nod to RuPaul. The husbands raised money through GoFundMe and blew past their $10,000 goal. The leftover funds will be donated to LGBTQ+ organizations like Equality Texas and the Transgender Education Network of Texas. They posted a mockup of the billboard along on Instagram with a plea for donations. It reads, “Mind your wigs, not our gigs, Greg!” “Drag artists have brought me joy, laughter, helped heal old wounds, and given me permission to love myself—and I’m not the only one,” the account holder wrote in a recent Instagram story thanking fans for following them. “Drag isn’t
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