{"id":1489899,"date":"2022-05-24T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489899"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T17:00:50","slug":"u-s-air-force-base-holds-drag-queen-story-hour-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-air-force-base-holds-drag-queen-story-hour-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Air Force Base Holds Drag Queen Story Hour for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fu-s-air-force-base-holds-drag-queen-story-hour-for-kids%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=1489899&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--><section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Ramstein Air Force Base is holding a Drag Queen Story Time for kids. The event, hosted by the Ramstein &#038; Vogelweh Air Force Libraries, will be held on June 2. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re celebrating Pride Month at the Ramstein Library with Drag Queen Storytime!&#8221; The event details read. &#8220;Join us with special guest reader Stacey Teed! Be sure to wear your brightest and most colorful outfits!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>One mom of a toddler, whose husband is stationed at the base, told <em>The Post Millennial <\/em>that while she often takes her child to the library for story time, she was &#8220;shocked to see the Ramstein Air Force Base Library plans to hold an official drag queen story hour for children.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I find it wholly inappropriate that the MILITARY of all places will be using public funds to sexualize children,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The library hosted a drag story hour event in 2021, as well, featuring a reading from a woman dressed in male drag.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WEB_RL_Drag-Story-time.webp\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>A drag queen, <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.thepostmillennial.com\/p\/8caa391b-9608-45b4-a104-47d79d6a9a08\/screamingqueens.com\/about-drag-queens\">historically<\/a>, &#8220;is a person, usually male, who uses costuming and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes.&#8221; Many drag queens have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/clever-drag-queen-names\/brandon-michaels\">sexualized names<\/a>, like Penny Tration.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Additional programming at the library shows much more kid-friendly events, such as story time without the drag, as well as Pokemon and LEGO themed events.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-24-at-11.55.15-AM.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Typical story time events for kids show a grandma reading to kids.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-24-at-11.56.41-AM.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Drag Queen Story Hour has become a phenomenon in recent years, with men dressing up in clownish, garish costumes of women to read to children. These events have been controversial in many places, and in places like <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/drag-story-hour-continues-taxpayer-funded-programming-in-nyc-schools-libraries\">New York City<\/a> are funded with taxpayer dollars. Drag queens and kings are brought into libraries, schools, and other public spaces where they read to children about pronouns, gender identity, and other topics that many parents feel are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/22\/public-library-deletes-pictures-drag-queens-fondling-children-story-hour\/\">inappropriate for children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The US Air Force has recently been pushing a more &#8220;woke&#8221; agenda among servicemen. A <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/air-force-to-create-safe-space-for-cadets-to-share-perspectives\">memo<\/a> sent to command teams and supervisors sought to create &#8220;safe spaces&#8221; for servicemen and women. There have been additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/04\/05\/argument-over-woke-ism-in-the-military-erupts-in-house-hearing\/\">concerns<\/a> posed by US congressmen that the progressive leaning of the military could have a negative impact on combat readiness.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Troops and munitions are being sent to Ramstein to assist the Ukrainian war effort against the invading force of neighboring Russia.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><em>The Ramstein library was reached for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramstein Air Force Base is holding a Drag Queen Story Time for kids. 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