#drag queen storytime

[coochiequeens]

Why were the parents willing to go through demonstrators in order to bring their kids to a drag queen storytime? And they subjected young neurodiverse children to loud protests from both sides?

NEW YORK CITY (TND) — Protestors reportedly clashed outside a New York City library that was hosting a "Drag Story Hour" for children over the weekend.

The event, where drag queens read books to kids, took place on Saturday at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

It was billed as a “storytime with local drag performers adapted to be more accessible to kids with autism and other disabilities," according to NBC News, which added that the event was "geared toward neurodiverse children."

Outside the venue, a wall of counter-protesters reportedly clashed with protestors who had gathered in the area holding handmade signs lambasting such events for alleged "grooming," the concept of gender ideology, and even "fascism."

An independent reporter was able to record videos of the interactions and post them online. Protesters allegedly attempted to enter the library but were reportedly prevented from doing so.

New York City Councilman Erik Bottcher also posted a video of himself attempting to speak with protesters at the event. 

In the video, Bottcher says he wants to show his followers the "face of hate right here in Chelsea." Bottcher then turns the camera to an unnamed woman protester who is holding a sign that says "stop the nonsense there are only 2 genders."

Bottcher's video continues as he films other protesters. One is holding a sign that says "stop grooming kids for sex." During the video, several people curse at Bottcher, and one woman dances and sings while holding up both of her middle fingers, kissing them both while taunting the city councilman.

“Right in Chelsea, everyone," Bottcher says in the video after filming for a bit. "About to go in and read to the kids. That's all we're doing."

A spokesperson for the New York Public Library (NYPL) told NBC News the Drag Story Hour "went on as planned," and that the library would continue its practice of offering "programs supporting diverse voices."

”A group of protesters attempted to disrupt a Drag Story Hour for neurodiverse children. The story hour went on as planned, including readings, coloring activities and a ‘dance party’ at the end," the NYPL reportedly said. "This is particularly important at this moment when we are seeing a rise of hate and violence targeting LGBTQ+ communities."

Bottcher shared a photo on social media following the event of him sitting next to a drag performer who presumably read books to the children there. A young girl stands before the two of them in the photo. The drag performer is wearing a rainbow dress and holding a book.

“Reading encourages skills like language and literacy, plus cognitive development and social-emotional growth, too. Thank you to Drag Queen Story Hour for bringing your program to Chelsea!" Bottcher said in his tweet.

On Monday, days after the event, Bottcher quote-tweeted his own post featuring him sitting next to the drag performer. He captioned that quote-tweet by lamenting the pushback he received from other social media users.

“The comments on this post are vile and bigoted and make me so sad. I’m hopeful that one day we’ll look back at them and remark on how far we’ve progressed as a society," Bottcher said in his Monday tweet.

Drag Story Hour events, sometimes called "Drag Queen Storytime," have been a controversial political topic in recent months.

Oftentimes, critics voice concerns over the events being too sexualized. The now-oft heard accusatory insult of "groomer" has even been labeled by some as an anti-LGBTQ "slur."

No one was reportedly injured or arrested at the event on Saturday.

I’m hopeful that one day we’ll look back and ask ourselves what the fuck were we thinking by holding drag queen storytime? Drag is obliviously adult entertainment.

[etakeh]

Well fuck.

I hate people so much.

Present company excepted, unless you're one of the people who causes this kind of thing to be cancelled, then I'm back to hate.

Anyone looking for something to do on Sunday?

June 11 2023.

Tigard. OR. Portland metropolitan area.

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children need to be exposed to drag

[terry-the-shark]

I'm back from a trip to France (so now I'll post more again lol) and like, obviously a lot of things are different, like language and so forth (I did manage to speak multiple coherent sentences in French, I'm so proud (basically just "I would like 2 baguettes please" and "do you have a thing without gluten" lol)), but one thing in particular struck me that I didn't expect. I saw police officers here and there, walking around, chilling, going on their laptops in a hotel foyer for some reason I don't want to know (all unusual enough bc the police do fuckall in my town) - with, like, guns. It probably sounds odd to this American ass website but it genuinely really shocked and frightened me. Like obviously it's a thing I'm aware of in theory, but seeing it in person made it very real - that there is a weapon for hurting people. You're walking around in public (next to a kids play area in one case!) with a machine that murders people.

[primalspice]

OC-TOBER DAY 05: LACE

region zero's most qualified transvestite

[eraofecholalia]

Posting tiktoks on Tumblr may be cringe, but I said I was bringing back Tumblr fake stories so to critics I say "I like your shoelaces" (also song is from my EP, "42, END ALL" in Jesus's slutty name amen)

[foxghost]

Today - the world outside my window is YELLOW and looks downright apocalyptic (wildfires. so many wildfires) - kidlet biked to school wearing a respirator mask the air is SOUP - I have reworked my outline for the first 1/3 of my story and deleted one of the POVs altogether - I am now the proud owner of a C1 Baizhu - considering starting a drag-king harmony group for protest reasons - seriously i used to teach harmony groups for a living this is totally doable - maybe run it over with the nonprofit activist group I volunteer with the next time we meet

[dragonwysper]

YES. Please question every scrap of information that is fed to you. Always and constantly. Info doesn't have to be blatant harmful bullshit for you to question its legitimacy. Dogwhistles and half-truths turn into that blatant bullshit, and by the time it gets there, you're already too deep.

[sconesfortea]

If I lived for a thousand years I'd still never understand what's happening in my country right now.

A 17 year-old British citizen attacked a children's dance lesson, murdering 3 children & injuring 8 more & 2 adults.

Vile shit-stirring racists on twitter completely invent a name & backstory for the attacker, claim he's Muslim & an illegal immigrant. This leads to a week of far-right riots, where mosques, libraries, & hotels have been attacked & arsoned & people have been looting from shops like Gregg & Shoezone?

Like children were murdered, their deaths totally hijacked by fascists who claim they love their country, but ultimately want to steal cheap pastries & shoes?

[coochiequeens]

I don’t agree with violence, I don’t agree with armed protesters and I don’t agree with parents who would consider bringing their child to an event where they could see violence just so they can virtue signaling

By Dennis Romero

The hosts of a "Drag Queen Story Hour"-style event for children in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday pulled the plug because of what they described as the intimidating presence of right-wing demonstrators.

The scheduled holiday themed "Holi-Drag Storytime" at the First Unitarian Church of Columbus, which runs the K-5 institution behind the event, Red Oak Community School, was canceled at the last-minute Saturday morning following internal discussions, organizers said.

Members of Ohio's Proud Boys organization and other right-wing groups made good on promises to make waves outside the venue Saturday. More than 50 demonstrators, including members of the Proud Boys, gathered near the church Saturday morning and shouted, chanted and held up signs. Some were armed with long guns.

As some Republican lawmakers and state leaders have sought to limit the rights of transgender people and make them a campaign issue, right-wing extremists have mounted parallel campaigns on the streets.

Some have all but denied the existence of nonbinary people, embraced legislation limiting transgender student participation in sports, decried gender-neutral bathrooms, and made unfounded allegations about connections between transgender people and certain types of crime.

The Proud Boys has been described by the FBI as an "extremist group with ties to white nationalism." 

Five of its members, including Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, were indicted by a federal grand jury on seditious conspiracy charges in connection with their alleged participation in an effort Jan. 6 to overturn the 2020 presidential election in favor of former President Donald Trump. They pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.

Fear in Columbus over the week was great enough that the nonprofit Equality Ohio urged LGBTQ+ people and allies not to counterprotest because the situation outside the venue Saturday could be "potentially volatile and dangerous," according to a statement.

"Drag Queen Story Hour" events in Oregon and California this year have been targeted by right-wing demonstrators who have come armed, thrown items, and shouted transphobic slurs.

Following last month's mass shooting at a Colorado Springs, Colorado LGBTQ+ bar that killed five following a "Drag Divas" performance, some high-profile drag performers have increased their security protocols, such as hiring armed guards.

Saturday morning, speaking on the event's stage, framed by holiday decor that included a Christmas tree in the rainbow colors of the pride flag, Red Oak Community School manager Cheryl Ryan made an emotional video address explaining why "Holi-Drag Storytime" was canceled. 

She said that while police acknowledged the event, collaboration was lacking, and some of the participants felt unsafe, despite the planned presence of more than 100 security volunteers who planned to create a human perimeter around the venue.

Ryan blamed local leaders, including law enforcement, for letting members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators gather while the audience for "Holi-Drag Storytime" ultimately could not.

"I received hundreds of emails, calls and messages from folks in the community asking, How can I help? What can I do? I’m ready to show up," Ryan said. "I never heard this message form the city’s leadership and those whose job it is to protect us."

She said the event sold nearly 1,000 individual tickets, the vast majority going to supporters who had no intention of attending.

ok tinfoil hat moment. Are they exposing kids to drag so they can gain sympathy, victim status and $ from people when right wing lunatics protest?

[qnewsau]

This Drag Queen Story Time set a Guinness World Record

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This Drag Queen Story Time set a Guinness World Record

A drag queen story time event in Philadelphia has officially set the first Guinness World Record for the largest turnout at one of the family-friendly events.

At the weekend, a group of local drag performers in the US city came together for the event to mark the start of Pride Month.

The queens read children’s books to a crowd of 263 people. A representative from the Guinness World Records was there to do the count and hand the organisers the inaugural title.

Local outlet Philadelphia Gay News hosted the event on June 1 with support from Visit Philadelphia.

They shared photos and said the queens read from a collection of inclusive children’s books including Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick, The Family Book by Todd Parr and Kevin the Unicorn: It’s Not All Rainbows by Jessika von Innerebner.

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Australia’s ChillOut festival holds huge Drag Storytime

But records are made to be broken.

The US city’s official Guiness World Record comes just a few months after a similar attempt in Australia.

In March at the ChillOut Festival in Daylesford, a group of performers attempted Australia’s biggest ever Drag Story Time.

Art Simone, Frock Hudson, Gabriella LaBucci, and Nate Byrne took the event out of the library and performed on ChillOut’s outdoor stage.

Organisers didn’t officially measure attendance. However the performers took turns reading inclusive children’s books to a huge crowd of families at Victoria Park.

ChillOut is Australia’s longest-running regional LGBTQIA+ festival. It’s on every year in Daylesford in country Victoria.

See the photos from ChillOut below:

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[genfagloser]

ohh fuck

[teratomarty]

My brother is a librarian, and his library is one of the ones that hosts Drag Queen Story Time.

He is also 6'3", 300 lbs of Heavy Weapons Librarian.

This week, some karen showed up to take video of said storytime. She was unmoved by the director of the library telling her their policy against taking video in the children's room.

My brother was also unmoved. Specifically, he was unmoved from his position directly in the line of karen's cellphone. She got video of an acre of blue broadcloth shirt, and that's it.

Other people who showed up to scowl at the drag queen decided they had other things to do that day when my brother scowled at them. He inherited our Mama's scowl, and it's a good one.

Sometimes, an ally looks like a big fat bald white guy. Sometimes, an ally looks like a wall.

[incorrectbatfam]

What would Queering the Map look like in the DC Universe

For those of you that don't know, Queering the Map is basically this website where people can add pinpoints on a map with their different queer experiences. It's really cool, I suggest checking it out (unless you hate The Gays, in which case feel free to unfollow me).

Now, for the headcanons:

"Went to a baseball game for our third date. We ended up on the jumbotron. Some people booed us. I think it's 'cause I wore a Gotham jersey and she had a Metropolis hat. A modern-day Romeo and Juliet."

"Drag storytime here, every Thursday from 5:30 to 7"

"sometimes love is kidnapping a nepo baby with your two polyamorous boyfriends"

"Did it with another Arkham inmate, 5/10"

"According to my grandfather, who trained me to wield a sword from the moment I could walk, I'm 'too young' to know who I am."

"Themiscyra more like Lesbos 2 amirite"

"I have a crush on a boy in my class but every time I ask him to hang out he tells me he's busy. I know he doesn't do any after-school clubs and he doesn't need a part-time job because he's rich as hell. I have my conspiracy theories. Let's see how they pan out."

"@ Ollie Queen I screwed your son in your office"

"On this street corner, I got so nervous talking to the cute food truck worker that I puked in a trash can. I am 42 years old."

"Don't forget about us in Kahndaq!"

"Smallville boys sure love them cornfields"

"I put the bi in billionaire"

"me-wow ;)"

"It's Sunday morning. My wife and I slept in after a wild time last night. I woke up first so I surprised her with her favorite breakfast and used the food scraps to make compost cupcakes for her plants. Then she kissed me and showed me a funny video because she knows I love wild dogs, and it makes everything I've put up with worth it. Some folks will see this and still call us the villains. If that's the case, I don't wanna be a hero."

"I know where I'd put my Lantern ring ( ͡ ° ل͜ ͡°)"

"No GCPD at Pride"

"I no longer live in England but I had my fair share of adventures back in the day. We have always been here and we always will be."

"first kiss here, tasted like waffles"

"Hey Lex I can be your sugar baby i mean henchman"

"I can run from Keystone to Bludhaven in five seconds flat but it doesn't matter because he'll never see me the way I see him"

"I transed the fish. Signed, an Atlantean"

"Wanna match butts?"