In Idaho, more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group 'Patriot Front' were arrested near a Pride event after police say they were planning to disrupt a parade while equipped with riot gear. The incident comes after similar disruptions at Pride Month events across the nation.
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Parents told the New York Post that the events happened at their children's school often without parental consent In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.'Ī drag performer from Drag Story Hour NYC reading to children at an event.
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While Drag Queen Story Hour has received positive reaction from many, they have also received backlash and have been targeted by anti-LGBTQ, far-right extremists.ĭQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. The program was created by author Michelle Tea in San Francisco in 2015. The Drag Queen Story Hour is described on its website as 'just what it sounds like - drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores.'
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Deputies responded to the disturbance and are conducting follow up to identify the group of men and their affiliation.' 'The men made homophobic and transphobic remarks against a member of the LGTBQ+ community who was hosting the event,' the sheriff's office said in a news release. However, Panda Dulce said the incident is pushing organizers to enhance security measures at similar events, even ones meant for children and families. The library told KNTV that the guests and the host were safely removed from the situation but returned, adding that nothing is stopping them from celebrating Pride Month. No arrests have been made, no one was physically harmed, the sheriff's office added. Ray Kelly with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. An 'active hate crime investigation' is now underway, as well as an investigation into the 'annoying and harassing of children.' The disruption 'totally freaked out all of the kids' and the group 'attempted to escalate to violence,' he wrote.ĭeputies responded to the San Lorenzo Library following reports of a disturbance, Lt. Kyle Chu, also known as drag queen Panda Dulce, who hosted the story hour, posted on Instagram that the group disrupted the event, shouting 'tranny' and 'pedophile.' His comments were sparked amid uproar at children being taken to a Dallas gay bar to watch a drag show where they tucked cash into their clothing.ĭulce also wrote that the incident that happened on Saturday at the library is pushing organizers to enhance security measures at similar events, even ones meant for children and families Last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis threatened to set child protective services on parents who take their kids to such shows. Her comments come amid increasing questions in some circles over drag queens hosting events such as readings or dances with young children. 'We need to take all communities in our state and lift them up and not tear them down,' Nessel said. Nessel said drag queens are 'not a problem for kids who are seeking a good education.' Nessel meanwhile said during her speech: 'I am so tired of having prominent members of our state government create wedge issues that don't help, that don't heal us but divide us. Dana Nessel is unfit for office, especially Attorney General,' Cordes tweeted. She shouldn't be allowed to joke this away. Paul Cordes, the chief of staff of the Michigan Republican party, said Nessel's comments are 'unbelievable'. '"A drag queen for every school" is a great summation of today's Democrat Party platform,' tweeted Donald Trump Jr., the son of former US President Donald Trump. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has hit out at those outraged by drag queens hosting educational events for young children, saying that they should be in 'every school'