Paris drag queen targeted over Olympic torch relay role

Minima Geste, 33, has become the latest culture war flashpoint over the Games following rows over the music for the opening ceremony and the official Olympics poster. "I reaffirm my full support for her," Paris' Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a statement on Friday. "I'll say it again: I am proud and, yes, Paris is proud that a drag queen will carry the torch and the values of peace and humanity," she added. The city said Geste had been the victim of "homophobic and transphobic insults" and it would help her launch legal action.