An anti-LGBTQ+ troll came for a drag troupe starring people with Down Syndrome. They clapped back.

A British drag group called Drag Syndrome – which features performers with Down Syndrome – is speaking out after an anti-LGBTQ+ troll said they were being exploited and called them too vulnerable to participate in drag.

Drag Syndrome member Lady Mercury posted a series of videos on the group’s social media declaring that “people with Down Syndrome, they are very talented people” and they “need to be respected by other people.”

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They really don’t deserve to look this good.

They went on to say Down Syndrome is not a “sick illness” and “we don’t need to be treated like dogs.”

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— DragSyndrome (@DragSyndrome) April 9, 2023

The hate toward Drag Syndrome was spewed by problematic influencer Oli London, who spent a year living as a gender-fluid “Korean” before deciding to once again live as a British man. He then became a far-right activist campaigning against trans rights.

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The formerly “transracial” Brit made headlines in 2018 when he paid for 18 surgeries to turn himself “Korean.” A description of his forthcoming new book, Gender Madness, says it will tell the story of how a corrupt gender-affirming care “industry” forced him to try to become a “Korean woman.”

Last week, London tweeted a photo of a Drag Syndrome performer and wrote, “This vulnerable person with Down Syndrome is seen performing on stage in fetish gear and holding a whip at an LGBT Club in Oslo, Norway. This vulnerable man is part of ‘Drag Syndrome’ a UK based Drag Company where people with Down syndrome perform in LGBT nightclubs around the world as Drag Queens. This is exploitation of vulnerable people!”

This vulnerable person with Down Syndrome is seen performing on stage in fetish gear and holding a whip at an LGBT Club in Oslo, Norway.

This vulnerable man is part of ‘Drag Syndrome’ a UK based Drag Company where people with Down syndrome perform in LGBT nightclubs around the… pic.twitter.com/4NAZK2x57j

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 7, 2023

Many have since come to the performers’ defense, some even speaking out about their own positive experiences working with them.

Some yahoo is trying to claim these lovely queens & their king are being exploited, presumably because said yahoo doesn't realize even people with Downs can be fully realized adults with their own wants, desires, & goals. Sorry yahoo, all the cool kids stan these legends https://t.co/kqirhylLAm

— Illness chronic/tits iconic (@instantkarmma) April 9, 2023

I have performed with Drag Syndrome and I assure you they are adults consensually expressing themselves. The whole POINT of their group is to show ignorant people like you that they can be artists too.
The performer in this pic would absolutely hate this public infantilisation. https://t.co/2s40qGw0D0

— ✖️MYNXIE✖️ (@mynxie666) April 8, 2023

You wish you had even an iota of their talent and grace you trash human.

— Jason Reid (@JasonReidUK) April 8, 2023

How strange. I’ve never seen you advocate for the rights of disabled people much before. It’s almost like you’re more interested in pushing an anti LGBT narrative than actually being compassionate towards the disabled.