A drag performer says protesters pushing false tropes about the queer community at a children’s book reading shows why Pride month is still needed.
[…] “People come and witness how happy kids can be at these events, witnessing this magical wonder and often the storytelling and seeing their eyes light up, and experience the magic of drag in an age-appropriate way.”
Oblongata told the Herald it was “quite scary” but the “ignorance they were spewing” was nothing new to the gay community.
[…] “I am 100 per cent not afraid of these people, they don’t reflect the New Zealand that I know. We’ll never go back in the closet, and we’ll never be ashamed of who we are.
“It’s definitely echoing what is happening in the States, but it’s also our time as a society to nip this harmful extremism in the bud.”
NewstalkZB
“We’ve asked them to stop grooming children. This is sexualisation of children you should arrest them!”
— Kelvin Morgan ?? (@kelvin_morganNZ) February 28, 2023
Prolific Telegram shit poster BravoZulu17 with other protesters at Avondale Library disrupting todays Pride Fest Out West Drag Storytime event promoting diversity & inclusion. pic.twitter.com/fS9KiFrtzI
How to be a terrible parent: Step 1. Take them to a drag story time. Step 2. nothing. You’ve nailed it. What kind of weird groomer society are we living in? Adult entertainment for children? What kind of perverted people are pioneering this? pic.twitter.com/2LKayZcP39
— Chantelle (@ChantelleBakerr) February 28, 2023
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