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The president of the North Carolina State Bar Association triggered an explosion of outrage this week after he canceled a drag trivia night so that the organization's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee could “present both sides” of the right-wing-led culture war, The Daily Beast reported on Sunday. The incident is but the latest in a long line of LGBTQIA+ scapegoating by state-level Republicans across the country, who insist without evidence that drag queens are a negative influence on kids. “NCBA president Clayton Morgan said the committee wouldn't be ‘perceived as trying to adv…