Proud Boys: From storming the Capitol for Trump to protesting drag shows

Members of the far-right Proud Boys have been given long prison sentences for their role in the attack on the Capitol on 6 January 2021. But members of group that remain free have a new target - drag shows.

They started as a drinking club seven years ago, but quickly immersed themselves in street violence and culture wars.

After shooting to mainstream attention during the 2020 presidential campaign, they made up one of the main organised groups at the Capitol riot.

Ethan Nordean, who was active in street brawls with anti-fascist activists in the Pacific Northwest, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday.

He led a group of 200 Proud Boys during the riot, along with Joseph Biggs, an Iraq war veteran, who was given a 17-year term.

Zachary Rehl, the former president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys, received 15 years, and Dominic Pezzola, who smashed a Capitol window with a police shield and a lit a cigar once inside, was sentenced to 10 years.

And the leader of the group, Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, will be sentenced on 5 September. Tarrio was not present in Washington during the riot but was in touch with his members from a hotel room in nearby Baltimore.

Unlike some of the other organised groups involved in the Capitol riot which have since ceased operations, local Proud Boy chapters continue to remain active across the US.

They've picked up a new focus - anti-transgender activism.