Smirnoff Vodka partners with trans woman who recently disrupted Texas legislature over anti-trans bill
Another beverage company, this time Vodka retailer Smirnoff, has hired a trans woman and drag queen as one of its paid partners in recent weeks.
Several recent Instagram posts from drag queen and trans woman “Maxine LaQueene” featured the official “Paid Partnership with Smirnoff” tags, denoting that the major liquor retailer has hired the biological male for promotional material.
In addition to being a promoter of drag and transgenderism, LaQueene is an outspoken LGBTQ activist who had recently been removed from the Texas state capitol building by police for disrupting a legislature vote on a trans bill.
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U.K anti-trans and detransition activist Oli London made the connection in a post shared to his Twitter account.
London shared several images, including a paid partnership post, a photo of LaQueene protesting at the capitol, and another of her being escorted out by police while apparently flashing her private parts to bystanders.
In addition to the photos, he wrote, “Meet the FACE of @SmirnoffUS. A radical trans activist who participated in an illegal insurrection in the Texas state house this week and flashed his backside and genitals in front of teenage children and women. He also testified in opposition to SB14 against a ban on child genital surgeries.”
The user added, “He campaigns for children yet his Twitter is littered with horrifying explicit content! Is this person someone who should be the face of a vodka brand?”
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Fox News Digital scrolled through LaQueene’s Instagram to confirm the claims in London’s tweet. The first pinned item on the trans woman account is a video featuring her being yanked out of the legislature’s upper gallery by police after joining in with a raucous leftwing protest of Senate Bill 14.”
Fox reported on the protests against the bill that would “ban gender surgeries or other sex reassignment procedures being performed on children,” stating, “Left-wing protestors swarmed the Texas state Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, forcing lawmakers to halt proceedings.”
In LaQueene’s caption for the video, she stated, “Whie sitting in the House of Representatives, myself & many others were forcibly removed by @texas_dps [Texas Department of Public Safety] in an attempt to clear the room.”
A further look at the same account revealed multiple posts showing LaQueene in full drag doing promotional material for Smirnoff’s Pride 2023 Ambassadorship. One of the posts was a video ad involving LaQueene strutting in full drag for the campaign.
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In the caption, she wrote, “#Ad The suspiciously large woman of Austin, Texas is here to remind you to support @smirnoff and trans entertainers! Don’t forget to tap the link in my bio and vote for Maxine to be Smirnoff’s Pride 2023 Ambassador!”
Again, a tag at the top of the post read, “Paid partnership with smirnoff.”
