Kitty Demure - A friendly message to mothers who want their kids influenced by drag

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Saw this on SFW page. A slight gripe is the use of 'mothers' rather than 'parents' but overall I think Kitty makes the point clearly and calmly.

I wonder how long it will be before the outrage kicks off?

twitter.com/demure_kitty/status/1218697036515532800?s=20&fbclid=IwAR0YBLOSCV2bqxSknXAbVeQh5hwRU76RjWEEa8Y5bg1oWP1qHeGcIuqmSEg

Unfortunately, it does seem to be predominantly mothers who are keen to push their children into beauty pageants etc and now this drag stuff seems to be the latest craze to jump into because they want to appear to be 'with the times'. I have no idea why.
It's great to see a drag queen speak up about how this is a very adult activity that has no place around children.

Sounds sensible. Thanks, Kitty.

Interesting that Kitty aims his comments at the parents, not at the libraries setting up or hosting the readings.

He's absolutely right.

And, before anyone complains about my use of pronouns, Kitty is quite clear that he is a gay man in a costume. He has not, to my knowledge, attempted to compel speech

I was reading a piece in the news about how Dragcon was having problems because the queues were so long they were taking ages to process. So many people (mums mostly) were there with their kids...

I would have screamed the place down if mum had taken me as a child - even pantomime dames gave me the heebie jeebies - and the modern airbrushes faces and Lego hair is so odd.

It's interesting reading the comments, one person says they think the intent was to "humanise" drag queens so that kids aren't scared when they meet one in public. And that does seem to be what some people are thinking, but ??? When do you see drag queens going around the grocery store or Walmart?

And has anyone seen the prog about ten yr olds being drag queens, it was horrifying!!! But trying to explain why, to my woke 14 yr old dd was an uphill struggle.

I think Kitty speaks a lot of sense by saying it harms the gay community, because that is what a lot of woke people don’t seem to realise.

Kitty has seen the way the wind is blowing, just as a number of transsexuals have done. The pushing of the trans agenda and the successful campaign to break down boundaries is going to lead to harm to children. And then the backlash is going to harm those who follow this lifestyle, but have never attempted to “normalise” it or force it on others.

The very idea of drag queen story time is so off, that it’s astonishing it’s been allowed to gain traction, but some people seem to be will fully blind when it comes to the lengths predatory men will go.

It's like taking kids to a burlesque show - regardless of your views on it in general (I'm not a fan, fwiw) it's not for kids, has never been meant for kids, has always been a highly sexualized form of entertainment that nobody in their right mind would have considered taking kids to see even a decade ago.

There was some thing with a cafe full of kids where there was a burlesque show a while back. Just as inappropriate as drag queen story time. What's next, family day at the R rated horror movie festival? I love horror films, but they aren't for kids either. Saying that something is not for kids is not saying it shouldn't exist, it's drawing a clear and appropriate boundary between spaces and activities that are adult only and those that are family friendly. It's not "stigmatizing" to say that drag is not family friendly any more than it would be to say that the horror film fest isn't family friendly. Or that a cocktail bar isn't.

I'm really tired of the idea that it's good not to stigmatize people being weaponized in an attempt to erode reasonable and appropriate boundaries that exist to protect children from things that they're too young to understand or enjoy.

What he says is right on the money, this is not entertainment for children, no more than sexualised performances by women are.

An acquaintance took her young daughter to DragCon over the weekend and previously I would have trusted her judgement. Now, not so much.