How to challenge drag queen story time

[Sorcha69]

My local library is going to be doing this and I would like some pointers on how to challenge this.
How have others approached this?
Thanks

Musomama1
I think it represents LGBT as much as female strippers represent women.
Nice one, Musomama1! Succinct. I'll be borrowing it, thank you

Just did a quick search and sadly just this weekend a b*mb threat was made towards a library.

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/06/10/drag-story-hour-carries-on-in-seward-despite-a-bomb-threat-and-evacuation/

Could I please suggest you don't?

She's not going to send them threats, is she? She's politely going to send an email. This is a zombie thread so it's moot anyway.

Sorry didn't realise this was from 2022, just saw the post above mine was made today.

@FrancescaContini he accused mumsnet of wanting to crucify him based on calling that out, because someone said something like "anyone else would be crucified" if they used ADHD in that way 🙄

Pink News claims Mumsnetters threatened Drag Queen with “crucifixion” www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3948283-Pink-News-claims-Mumsnetters-threatened-Drag-Queen-with-crucifixion

Could I please suggest you don't?

No, you couldn't. Libraries are no place for this (is anywhere?) and people are free to express their objections to the libraries if they want to.

I know this is an old thread, but seriously, the cheek of asking a random stranger not to object to this shite...

2 points
1st this thread is 2 years old so any performances will have come and gone.
2nd I hardly think an American incident has any relevance to the UK, have you got anything from this contry rather than another continent

But you had exercised a 'woman's right to choose' by saying you were not going. How was the comment anything to do with drag queens - who are men? Are they saying they have a right to choose? But that's a pointless thing to say since you aren't stopping them going to the event.
And the phrase 'a woman's right to choose' has been stretched to cover prostitution (it's her choice of work) and pornography (her choice and empowering) - essentially using 'choice' to cover anything men would like women to do for them.

Sorry if I did the wrong thing in returning to this thread today but my point in doing so is that these performances haven’t at all gone away since this thread was started and they are being funded by the arts council which is a taxpayer funded body in the UK, for the posters who are not in the UK.
And obviously nobody should be making bomb threats for fucks sake. Even in another continent to the one I was posting about. It’s perfectly possible to object to things without making any kind of threats to anyone (do I really have to point this out?)

Better still, persuade women not to take their children to the reading.

Probably the most effective thing would be to boycott these gross events, but that means the Cool Mummies too, so that probably won't happen.

Did they have any drag kings then? Women and all that?

Sorry for repeating myself, I make this point every time drag appears in threads:

As well as all the valid criticism of drag queens as child entertainers, the conflation of 'drag' with 'gay', as seen in Pride events/ads etc, presents a false idea to young people who are questioning their sexuality.

If you're a boy not into glitter/sequins/make-up/false boobs/offensive nicknames, well maybe you're not gay after all...

If you're a girl fleeing the whole glitter/sequin/make-up/girly princess thing, where do you turn for a role model of gayness?

Indeed. They are pushing ‘acceptance’ of drag acts. Because I don’t know a single gay (man or woman) who wears such a costume to visit the doctors, pop to the shops, work in the bank…

"Drag Queen Story Hour UK founder attacked in ‘homophobic hate crime’ just hours after proposing"

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/22/drag-queen-story-hour-founder-attacked/

No one should be attacked in a possible homophobic hate crime.

Thank you for once again highlighting male violence @Christinapple.
On here and on the Emmerdale thread you are really doing our job for us.

Good so we all acknowledge homophobic and transphobic hate are problems that can lead to violence and need addressed.

Yes, I'm sure we can all agree on that @Christinapple

Male on male violence is also an issue. Of course male on female violence is a large problem.

Maybe activist will start addressing macho culture?