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‘Bring Your Child to Work Day’ Drag Queen Story Hour Canceled at New Jersey College After Faculty Objected

A New Jersey school cancelled a “drag queen story hour” deliberate for school members’ youngsters throughout “Bring your child to work” day when workers objected.

Brookdale Community College had been planning a read-along occasion with a drag performer generally known as “Harmonica Sunbeam” for months earlier than calling it off the evening earlier than so as to “respect the comfort levels of all involved,” college officers stated.

The studying occasion was supposed to be a part of the Lincroft school’s “Bring Your Child to Work Day” final Thursday, NJ.com reported.

“I did ask why, but I did not receive an answer,” Sunbeam instructed the outlet with disappointment. “This had been planned for quite some time so I was shocked that it was canceled the night before.”

The drag queen, who has been performing for over 30 years and doing related studying occasions since 2015, has beforehand come below fireplace from those that discover these occasions inappropriate for youngsters.

“Here’s the deal, if the program is not for you, don’t attend,” he wrote in a June 2021 Instagram publish responding to the backlash. “If you want to worry about kids’ well-being, volunteer at an orphanage, feed the homeless kids around the world, join the Big Brother programs.”

Brookdale, a Monmouth County public school, canceled the drag occasion at the final minute so as to respect the “diverse viewpoints” of the workers, college spokeswoman Laura Oncea stated.

“Bring Your Child to Work Day was a success at Brookdale Community College, where employees and their children engaged and enjoyed our stigma-free, diverse, and inclusive campus atmosphere,” Oncea stated Thursday in a press release obtained by NJ.com.

The assertion went on to say that the college “opted to respect the comfort levels of all involved”:

As an inclusive group, we perceive and respect that folks have the suitable to resolve when and the way they need their youngsters to discover numerous concepts. While the Drag Queen read-along was supposed to promote inclusivity and acceptance, we acknowledge and acknowledge the various viewpoints inside our workforce and have opted to respect the consolation ranges of all concerned.

The occasion was solely open to the campus group and all youngsters have been to be accompanied by their guardians throughout their go to, officers added.

“Drag queen story hours” and different occasions that includes males dressed up in exaggerated ladies’s costumes have taken liberal enclaves across the nation by storm, angering dad and mom who don’t need their youngsters uncovered to gender ideology and sexuality in public faculties and libraries.

During one recent event in Massachusetts, a drag queen generally known as “Lil Miss Hot Mess” hosted a “Queer Storytime for Palestine” and instructed youngsters to shout “Free Palestine!”

In October, a drag queen generally known as “Pickle” was denied entry to a California public library set to host him for a narrative hour by protestors chanting “leave our kids alone!”

Drag Queen who goes by “Pickle” DENIED entrance to Drag Queen Story Hour at San Fernando Valley Public Library by protestors pic.twitter.com/YGVNrKs9JY

— 🌈 Tess T. Eccles-Brown, PhD (@TTEcclesBrown) October 27, 2023