The mother of a 12-year-old drag queen has denounced an article written by a convicted pedophile about her son.

Wendylou Napoles is the mother of drag queen Desmond is Amazing (real name Desmond Napoles), living in New York.

She noticed a WordPress blog post from convicted pedophile Thomas Victor O’Carroll with the headline: ‘Desmond is truly amazing — and hot!’

The article praises Desmond as a ‘pretty, young boy’ and ‘sexy kid’.

One extract stated: ‘Being a drag queen, or a drag princess if you will, puts it right out there in the open for all to see. It says loud and proud “I am a sexy kid with sexy feelings. It’s totally cool for grown-ups to get turned on by me. I love it. That’s why I do this stuff. It’s great, it’s fun, it’s me”.’

Another excerpt stated: ‘We are getting far more than just a celebration of gender diversity or an innocent display of precocious performance talent. So why all the denial? Why the coy insistence that kids’ drag performance has nothing to do with their sexuality?’

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Wendylou then posted screenshots of the ‘extremely disturbing’ post to Desmond is Amazing’s Instagram account last night (25 June).

She wrote in the caption: ‘We do not approve of his statements and have written to [WordPress] several times but they have yet to remove it. It is highly inappropriate to speak of minors in this manner.’

She then added: ‘Just because he identifies as gay does not mean he is sexually active or wants to be. We are just appalled at this whole situation.’

Conservative media storm

The blog post resulted in several conservative media outlets using O’Carroll’s arguments to claim the link between homosexuality and pedophilia.

The Christian Journal wrote: ‘We tried warning you that this was coming and you can try and ignore it all you like but pedophilia is here and there is only one group of people promoting it and thats (sic) the LGBT community.’

As a result of this blog post and recent conservative media outcry, Wendylou said she’s gotten over 150 calls from Child Protective Services (CPS) in recent months.

‘All claims have been unfounded and we continue to be cleared,’ she exclusively told Gay Star News. ‘We have been investigated by seven different agencies.’

She then added: ‘There is no child abuse, exploitation, laws being broken, regulations being broken, etc. This is proven over and over and over.

‘Yet the conservatives can’t accept this. They instead create more fiction and ignore the facts,’ she said.

Wendylou said the conservative media attacks are like ‘victim blaming’.

‘[They] claim we are purposely attracting pedophiles,’ she said. ‘That is like saying a woman attracts rapists. It is victim blaming.’

She then added: ‘They also assert that the LGBTQ community is supporting pedophilia. This is an outdated, homophobic belief that is untrue.’

‘My message to pedophiles who sexualize Desmond is that it is wrong. There’s no exceptions to that. No minor child or teen should be discussed in a sexual manner, ever,’ she said.

Proud mom: ‘Desmond is living his best life’

Wendylou rushed to the defense of her drag queen son from the convicted pedophile and said he’s a ‘normal 12-year-old boy’ who expresses himself with his ‘age-appropriate’ drag persona.

‘He does not do the same kind of suggestive drag as some adult drag queens choose to do,’ she said. ‘That is how they choose to express themselves and there is nothing wrong with that. But that’s not the scene Desmond is a part of or should be a part of.

She then added: ‘Desmond loves what he does. He isn’t forced to do anything but his homework. Out of drag, he goes to school, plays video games, collects trains, and socializes with friends.

‘He is looking forward to summer. Desmond is living his best life,’ she said.

She believes the LGBTI community can help by calling out bullying, objectification and sexualization when they see it.

‘Report their posts and comments,’ Wendylou then said. ‘Refuse to allow them to equate drag and the LGBTQ community with pedophilia.’

Who is Thomas O’Carroll?

Thomas O’Carroll is a British writer and convicted pedophile.

He was also a former chairman of the now disbanded Pedophile Information Exchange (PIE) and was a prominent member of the International Pedophile and Child Emancipation (now known as IPCE).

In 1980, he published a book entitled Paedophilia: The Radical Case, which defended pedophilia.

Then a year later, he was convicted for conspiracy to corrupt public morals over the contact ads section of the PIE magazine and was imprisoned for two years.

In 2002, he served nine months in prison after the Southwark Crown Court convicted him of importing indecent photographs of children from Qatar. The kids in the photographs were between two to 10 years old.

Then in 2006, he admitted to two counts of distributing indecent images of children between 1994 and July 2005. He served two and a half years in jail and joined the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Defense of drag queen son

It’s not the first time Wendylou has come to the defense of her drag queen son.

Back in January, an article came out that accused her of ‘exploiting’ him and ‘forcing him’ to perform in gay bars.

She shot back: ‘THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN BLATANT HOMOPHOBIA and [a] display of the grossly outdated belief that gay men are pedophiles,’ she wrote.

Wendylou then continued: ‘The truth is, Desmond is a professional drag performer. No one forces him to perform, performing is what he loves to do and has always loved to do.’

She also said his costumes are always age-appropriate, he collects tips for toys and he’s never allowed into the bar area.

‘Instead of tearing drag kids down, why not mentor them?’ she said. ‘They are the future of drag.’

Desmond was recently part of a Pride collaboration with Converse, as well as walked the runway for label Gypsy Sport in New York Fashion Week.

New York City Pride also unveiled the first of a series of social media films featuring the 11-year-old drag queen.

Gay Star News reached out to WordPress for comment, but did not receive a response back in time for publication.

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