{"id":1473617,"date":"2022-05-12T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1473617"},"modified":"2022-05-12T20:59:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:59:42","slug":"pride-fest-kiddie-korner-includes-affirming-books-lots-of-crafts-and-drag-kids-dress-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-fest-kiddie-korner-includes-affirming-books-lots-of-crafts-and-drag-kids-dress-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride Fest \u2018Kiddie Korner\u2019 Includes \u2018Affirming Books,\u2019 \u2018Lots Of Crafts,\u2019 And \u2018Drag Kids Dress-Up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpride-fest-kiddie-korner-includes-affirming-books-lots-of-crafts-and-drag-kids-dress-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1473617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1311835693.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Pride Fest coming soon to Lake County, Illinois, will feature a number of activities for children \u2014 from arts and crafts and \u201caffirming books\u201d to a Drag Queen Story Time and even Drag Kids Dress-up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/its-a-radical-philosophy-rooted-in-marxism-chris-rufo-returns-to-msnbc-for-debate-on-crt\/\">Christopher Rufo<\/a> shared a tweet about the upcoming event, saying, \u201cThe Illinois Department of Children &#038; Family Services is sponsoring a \u2018PrideFest Kiddie Korner\u2019 featuring \u2018drag queen story time,\u2019 \u2018drag kids dress up,\u2019 and a \u2018drag show\u2019 for children.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Illinois Department of Children &#038; Family Services is sponsoring a &#8220;PrideFest Kiddie Korner&#8221; featuring &#8220;drag queen story time,&#8221; &#8220;drag kids dress up,&#8221; and a &#8220;drag show&#8221; for children.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2sQOC3TE3\">https:\/\/t.co\/H2sQOC3TE3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZUJBFaiPoE\">pic.twitter.com\/ZUJBFaiPoE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1524864807714684928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the event website, the Kiddie Korner is being sponsored by the Waukegan Public Library, the Highland Public Library, and The Heart of the City. Attractions for kids include \u201caffirming books,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/after-latest-arrest-its-clear-that-drag-queen-story-hour-is-a-haven-for-child-predators\/\">drag queen story time<\/a>,\u201d \u201cface painting,\u201d \u201cinflatable soccer field,\u201d \u201cdrag kids dress up,\u201d and \u201clots of crafts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other featured events at the Pride Fest include a PG-rated drag show and a burlesque show, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a parody right?\u201d one person asked in response to Rufo\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Other critics accused the event organizers of \u201cindoctrination\u201d and of \u201cgrooming\u201d children \u2014 and noted that they were approaching this event not just with the permission, but the active sponsorship of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/submitted\/20220511\/lake-county-pridefest-celebration-taking-place-in-waukegan-on-june-4th\">According to the Daily Herald<\/a>, the upcoming event is the second annual Lake County Pride Fest sponsored by the local LGBTQIA+ center, and it is billed as a \u201cfamily-friendly outdoor festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis free, family-friendly outdoor festival will feature music and performances, food trucks, a beer and beverage tent, craft and artisan vendors, a resource fair, games and entertainment for children, multiple drag shows, a dance tent and more,\u201d the Daily Herald reported. \u201cThis year\u2019s Presenting Sponsors are ComEd \u2013 An Exelon Company, and Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ+ Center Lake County Executive Director Nikki Michele claimed that the need for such events was only growing as time went on, saying, \u201cIn a time when we are watching our human rights get rolled back at an unprecedented rate, it is vitally important that we counteract hatred with LOVE. Providing this safe and inclusive space for our LGBTQ+ family to celebrate our joy is more important than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pride Fest coming soon to Lake County, Illinois, will feature a number of activities for children \u2014 from arts and crafts and \u201caffirming books\u201d to a Drag Queen Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1482797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}