A man who performed as a drag queen was pulled from a Pride parade after he allegedly confessed to having sex with a 13-year-old child he met on a dating app.

Aubrey Ghalichi, whose real name is Michael Browder, was arrested in September and charged with two counts of sexual conduct with a minor according to court records reviewed by KNXV-TV.

'The crime alleged is one that we find reprehensible and entirely contrary to what Phoenix Pride stands for.'

The 13-year-old told Phoenix police that he pretended to be 18 years old and sought out two men to have sex with on two different occasions, according to the documents.

He did not know the identities of the men, but police were able to recover one conversation from his laptop. That conversation led to Browder, who was described by police

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