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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Paedophile at Drag Queen Story Time

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MenstruatorExtraordinaire · 16/03/2019 11:20

Houston Public Library is apologizing after a man charged for sexually assaulting a child was allowed to entertain children at Drag Queen storytime.

abc13.com/drag-queen-storytime-reader-once-charged-with-assault/5197176/

Garza was charged with child sex assault in 2008. According to records, his victim was a child under the age of 14 years old.

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Knicknackpaddyflak · 16/03/2019 15:59

Oh what a surprise. Were you surprised? I was surprised.

Of course, remember, we are a foul bear pit for worrying about children like this and pointing out the negative impact on others when someone is inclusively welcomed into what is an affirming space for them.

VickyEadie · 16/03/2019 16:08

I'll say it again: if you create a sacred caste of people whose motivations cannot be questioned, you destroy safeguarding. Safeguarding is, by nature, sceptical, because being sceptical is what protects children from harm.

Trans people (or non trans drag queens) are no more sacred than Catholic priests. Moreover, if you have a sacred caste absolving members from safeguarding protocols, then abusers will flock to it for the obvious reasons. Safeguarding protects trans people as much as it protects everyone else who works with children, as well as the children themselves. You want the name of any group of people to become synonymous with child abusers? Take them out of safeguarding protocols.

Oh Jebus, THIS in spadefuls

MinecraftMother · 16/03/2019 16:09

Guys, remember...men matter most.

Once we've acquiesced to this way of thinking then we will be set free...us women AND our children.

Men. Matter. Most.

Mmmmkay?

Datun · 16/03/2019 17:29

I have literally no idea what the aim of getting men dressed as sexualised caricatures of women to read to kids is.

The premise behind the UK drag queen kindergarten song time, whatever it was called, was to stop hate speech before it starts.

They were quite upfront that they were going to tackle hate speech in three-year-olds. In a kindly, friendly, sparkly way, obviously.

So not only are they creating a situation that allows paedophiles in, they are grooming the children whom the paedophile is targeting, on not to challenge them.

As an MO, it couldn't be more perfect.

VickyEadie · 16/03/2019 17:46

So not only are they creating a situation that allows paedophiles in, they are grooming the children whom the paedophile is targeting, on not to challenge them.

Correct. Part of my work is visiting primary schools and observing lessons. I'm constantly approached, spoken to and touched (I extricate myself politely but swiftly) by the very youngest children in the schools and classrooms - who have in each case only just met me - and it's made me very aware of how trusting small children are.

Those of you who are parents will already know this; as do predators...

R0wantrees · 16/03/2019 17:54

Reminder of recent thread,
op, happydappy2 wrote:

"Julia Long asking Munro Bergdorf about child exploitation

Julia Long was asked to leave the venue, after asking MB if it was normal that an 11yr old child dancing in front of adults, has money thrown at them by grown men. This was at Transmission & was deemed an offensive question....video footage on twitter of the incident.....worth a watch, sorry I can’t link to it but hope someone else can.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd4UCemsC6s&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3512177-Julia-Long-asking-Munro-Bergdorf-about-child-exploitation

ChattyLion · 16/03/2019 17:58

There’s a UK drag queen story time too.
mobile.twitter.com/dqst_uk?lang=en

PeeGreen · 16/03/2019 18:03

"Turns out that there is a Christian group already suing the Houston Public Library for putting on the drag show in the first place. "

Case has already been thrown out

www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Federal-judge-closes-book-on-Houston-s-drag-13506880.php

PeeGreen · 16/03/2019 18:09

www.theargus.co.uk/news/10588827.brighton-drag-queen-jailed-for-planning-sex-session/

"A drag queen has been jailed after being caught by an online sting arranging to have sex with a father and his two children.

Robert Clothier, who was director of Brighton’s famous Alternative Panto, was arrested at a London train station with an Easter egg, a Lego toy, a box of chocolate flavoured glow-in-the-dark condoms and pink children's underwear from Primark.

The 37-year-old was caught while en route to what he thought was a liaison with a fellow paedophile and two children aged eight and 11."

Prosecutor Mervyn Burton told the court how Clothier described being constantly aroused while thinking about the children and how he was excited and honoured to meet them, and hoped it would not be “just a one off”.

Officers found a string of child porn images, including 18 cartoon images of fathers abusing their sons, when they raided his Brighton home."

LangCleg · 16/03/2019 18:40

18 cartoon images of fathers abusing their sons

Oh, similar imagery to someone else's blog, I see.

MenstruatorExtraordinaire · 16/03/2019 19:14

Clothier was part of the Brighton drag scene for many years and hosted the cabaret tent at Brighton Pride between 2009 and 2011. Hewas filmed at the 2011 Pride making jokes about being a sex offender, saying ‘I’m sweating like a paedophile in Mothercare it’s so hot in here’.

transcrimeuk.com/2017/10/30/robert-clothier/

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MenstruatorExtraordinaire · 16/03/2019 19:19

www.objectnow.org/news/2019/1/15/trans-kids-paedophilia-in-drag

"Is it accidental that Stonewall’s harrowing slogan, “Acceptance Without Exception,” offers a haven of protection to paedophiles (alongside other sexual abusers, such as those who use/abuse prostituted women)? Or are paedophiles pulling the strings?"

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NellieEllie · 16/03/2019 19:44

Erm..... drag queens reading to children? When did that become a “thing”? To me, drag acts are basically for adults. Absolutely fine in one context, but just inappropriate in another. What next? Bondage clubs invite nursery visits?

CaptainKirksSpookyghost · 16/03/2019 20:04

Bondage clubs invite nursery visits

Mermaids bondage calander....

MsTiggywinkletoyou · 16/03/2019 20:15

Have any of you seen the YouTube series "Kids Meet"? Most of them are really good - kids meet a deaf person, a magician, a cop. And then there's . Several of the kids start out markedly uncomfortable or "weirded out" as they put it, unlike all the other episodes. I wonder why that might be? But by the end, they're all totally fine with it. It's normal! And anyone can do drag, says the queen; lots of kids do too!

pombear · 16/03/2019 20:18

As per previous posters:

www.theargus.co.uk/news/10588827.brighton-drag-queen-jailed-for-planning-sex-session/

18 cartoon images of fathers abusing their sons Let's just say it - just like Jess Bradley's blog who had an image of a cartoon Ben10 being abused.

Jess Bradley who proudly went to the House of Commons to inform Maria Miller et al about the challenges of being trans.

Waiting for people to wake up.

Is it the rainbow? Is it the glitter?

What is it that makes you worried to wake up?

You can still be allies for LGB and the rights for Trans people to live without fear, without trampling over women and children's rights. You can. It's OK.

(meanwhile, yes, NADQALT, following on from NAMALT - for those new to this acronym, 'not all men are like that', so 'not alll drag queens are like that')

OrchidInTheSun · 20/03/2019 07:43

Here's some footage from the Houston drag queen story time. Looks great doesn't it?

NSFW (yes really - but suitable for pre-schoolers) : twitter.com/sweetkat111/status/1107713269320560647?s=21

OrchidInTheSun · 20/03/2019 07:44

Actually that isn't at a library. But there are little kids there. Why??

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 20/03/2019 07:52

Drag isn’t really suitable for kids. Any acts I have seen have been filthy, really sweary and full of sexual innuendos. Even Dame Edna!

LizzieSiddal · 20/03/2019 07:54

FFS when is this nonsense going to stop?!

People need to wake up to what is happening in plain sight!

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 20/03/2019 07:57

Keep talking about it!

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 20/03/2019 08:48

And another thing!

Why not have story time with people of all types - disabled, deaf (with an interpreter), blind, old, young, stutter... people who may find they get stared at, abused or condescended to because people are ignorant.

I wouldn’t want to write that job as but still...

Yeahnahyeah · 20/03/2019 09:37

Omg that video Orchard!!
Shock

truthisarevolutionaryact · 20/03/2019 09:40

That clip - sexualised 'twerking' in front of little children and demanding hugs from them. Was this the convicted paedophile or one of the other drag queens? It's not clear.

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