Parents criticize drag queen library tour… but organizer hits back, accuses ‘far-right neo-Nazi group’ of blocking 2,000 tickets
- Drag Queen Story Hour sessions are designed to help kids become ‘fantastic’
- But some parents have sent dozens of complaints to try to stop the project
- And organizers say a ‘far-right neo-Nazi’ group has booked 2,000 tickets
Parents have sounded the alarm about events in public libraries for children being organized by drag queens.
Drag Queen Story Hour UK offers nearly 70 lessons for three to eleven year olds on a summer tour. The group says the sessions “learn inclusivity” and encourage children to “become fantastic.”
But parents have blocked tickets to prevent them from continuing.
The tour includes drag queens dressing up and reading stories to children in libraries – with their bright costumes and personas designed to encourage children to ‘get fantastic’
Dozens have sent template letters from charity The Family Education Trust to libraries, stating that classes are “extremely inappropriate…given that the depictions of men dressed as women are highly sexualized,” The Sunday Telegraph reported.
The letter states: ‘Drag shows are for adults only and not suitable for school-age children.
“When we expose children to sexual material, we blur the lines between adults and children, expose them to adult sexual concepts and run the risk of normalizing the sexualization of children.
The campaign group Safe Schools Alliance added: “Drag queens entering the environment of children is an abuse of power.”
Drag Queen Story Hour UK claimed a ‘far-right neo-Nazi group’ had blocked 2,000 tickets to try to prevent the tour from going ahead.
It was founded by Sab Samuel, 27, who acts as Aida H Dee.
A spokesperson said: “The performances are very similar to pantomimes, except they explicitly focus on literacy and inclusiveness in communities and support interest in reading.”