The organizers said they will enhance security but won't stop their programs. Organizers of the story hours say that social media accounts are fueling the backlash and that opponents claiming they want to protect children are actually scaring and endangering them. Outside Chicago, protesters harass parents attending storytime with their children and proclaim that the staff operating the event came “from the devil.”Īnd in a San Francisco suburb, men invade Panda Dulce's reading at a library's Drag Queen Story Hour, shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs.Īfter focusing on transgender athletes and youths, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is now targeting drag storytimes - conceived as a way to educate and entertain children by appealing to their imaginations - with interruptions and other protests reported across the country in the past two weeks, since Pride Month began. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Protesters pray outside a library in New York City as Flame, a drag queen sporting a bright wig and a red gown, entertains the children inside by singing the ABCs, leading a coloring activity and reading books about how it's OK to be different. Rhetoric against LGBTQ people is now targeting drag storytimes with interruptions and other protests around the country during Pride Month
