RIBA - Architecture day for children featuring a Drag queen

[AlsoNotAGirl]

Royal Institute of Architecture (RIBA) is having a family fun book day tomorrow introducing architecture and buildings to children. Lots of great activities…

except the last activity of the day is with the Drag Queen story time Aida-H-Dee
No connection to rest of the day
www.architecture.com/whats-on/family-fun-day-architecture-book-day-2022

The have a history of not thinking things through - a couple of years ago they thought that cooking classes were appropriate International Women’s Day activities

Why? Why is the point?

FFS. Why must drag queens be bloody everywhere? And do they not understand how offensive that name is?

What have drag Queens got to do with buildings

RIBA? RIBA ??

FFS.

Oh, and THIS Aida-H-Dee?

If you don’t like it, don’t go. I really don’t understand why most people on this board are so focused on imposing their views on everyone else!

Safguarding didnt used to be an opinion it used to be a necessity as far s children went.

I really don’t understand why most people on this board are so focused on imposing their views on everyone else!

'Most people' on this board are here because we don't like others imposing their views on everybody else. For example:

Man: "I'm a woman"
Women: "OK, whatever"
Man: "No! You have to say it. And believe it"

@Janesmom

If you don’t like it, don’t go. I really don’t understand why most people on this board are so focused on imposing their views on everyone else!

What's drag got to do with children or architecture?

@Janesmom

If you don’t like it, don’t go. I really don’t understand why most people on this board are so focused on imposing their views on everyone else!

Is that your attitude towards people objecting to racism?

Fuck knows what a child or a parent of a child who has an ADHD diagnosis is supposed to think about a man in drag using their condition as a joke name.

@Clymene I didn’t realise every event by an architecture group had to be exclusively related to architecture. Are they not allowed to put on free entertainment for kids?

Presumably, you’d be equally appalled if a local sports club offered face painting or a restaurant offered free toys?

Presumably, you’d be equally appalled if a local sports club offered face painting or a restaurant offered free toys?

Yes, if the sports club offered face painting by a person dressed in a way that mocked women and had a name which mocked the disabled.

@Janesmom since when is face painting or toys the same as a drag performance?

[quote Janesmom]**@Clymene* I didn’t realise every event by an architecture group had* to be exclusively related to architecture. Are they not allowed to put on free entertainment for kids?

Presumably, you’d be equally appalled if a local sports club offered face painting or a restaurant offered free toys?[/quote]
No, because those are activities aimed at children.

This is a man dressed in a costume where his penis is clearly visible with a 'joke' name about a distressing and difficult neurological disorder.

Would you consider that suitable children's entertainment if he weren't dressed as a gross caricature of a woman?

I wouldn't assume this guy doesn't have ADHD himself.

But it's kind of dumb, it doesn't seem to have any logical link to architecture. Why not have, say, Bob the Builder read the story?

@Janesmom, can you explain what value a drag artist, dressed in sexually provocative clothing, quite frightening make up, and bearing a name that is a piss take on a condition many children attending may suffer from, adds to those children?

@MangyInseam

I wouldn't assume this guy doesn't have ADHD himself.

But it's kind of dumb, it doesn't seem to have any logical link to architecture. Why not have, say, Bob the Builder read the story?

I think he does but just because he’s ok with mocking his condition this should not give him a free pass to mock the condition

This is a man dressed in a costume where his penis is clearly visible with a 'joke' name about a distressing and difficult neurological disorder.

this, 100 times over. Who on earth thinks this is suitable kids' entertainment? It's so offensive on so many levels.

And regards the name - an adult may decide they wish to 'reclaim' a name/term like that. But for a child young enough to be read storybooks and picture books, the irony and linguistic/social nuance is just confusing. Imagine calling yourself 'OCD' or 'Schizo' or similar - it's exactly the same. Too sophisticated for an audience of young children.

This was the RIBA's attempt to educate us last year during Pride Month, which is still on their website. Covers gender terminology and heavily pushes the declaration of pronouns at every possible opportunity, including embedding this in the recruitment process, emails, digital directories. Note also links to trans activists and dodgy scientific papers at end. (Also self-parody photo/caption).

https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/talking-about-gender-pronouns-in-the-workplace?utmsource=Adestra&utmmmedium=email&utmterm=&utmmcontent=Let%27s%20talk%20about%20gender%20pronouns&utm_campaign=Resend%20of%20Prospect%20Newsletter%20June%202021

I am completely livid about this latest development - the lack of judgment and disregard for safeguarding.

I've started writing a complaint letter to the RIBA and I'd be interested to hear from other architects who are doing the same (please pm me).

Safguarding didnt used to be an opinion it used to be a necessity as far s children went.
Why do you assume safe guarding checks aren't automatically done like they will be for everyone else coming in to read?
So there's someone in drag reading a story.
I can't get worked up about someone reading a story to kids in the middle of a library group session.

Fun day group session that should read, not library!
So many threads all about the same thing lately, was library last week