{"id":1497234,"date":"2022-05-30T15:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T19:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1497234"},"modified":"2022-05-30T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T19:29:44","slug":"air-force-base-cancels-drag-queen-story-hour-event-after-public-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-base-cancels-drag-queen-story-hour-event-after-public-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Base Cancels Drag Queen Story Hour Event After Public Outcry"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fair-force-base-cancels-drag-queen-story-hour-event-after-public-outcry%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=1497234&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--><p>A drag queen story hour for children that was reportedly supposed to be held at an American air base library was canceled following public outcry about the nature of the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 30-minute storytime with books read by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drag-queen\">drag queen<\/a> Stacey Teed was to be held at a library in Ramstein, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/germany\">Germany<\/a>, where the headquarters of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-air-force\">Air Forces<\/a> in Europe is located.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn advertisement was posted to the base library social media page before the event had completed Ramstein\u2019s established processes for special observance coordination and approval,\u201d Lt. Col. Will Powell, head of public affairs for the 86th Airlift Wing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/05\/27\/ramstein-rethinks-pride-month-events-after-critics-bash-drag-queen-story-time-for-kids\/\">said<\/a>, according to The Military Times. \u201cThe advertisement has been removed and the event will not take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation followed backlash from Florida Republican Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/marco-rubio\">Marco Rubio,<\/a>\u00a0who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?id=31E64EA0-339F-4198-B402-E4EEF3BF6571\"> sent<\/a> a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on May 26, asking officials to stop the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to immediately cancel this politically divisive event, and take appropriate disciplinary action against all involved in allowing this gross abuse of taxpayer funding to place children in a sexualized environment,\u201d Rubio wrote in his letter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added that it was \u201cinsane\u201d for the military to be using resources to promote the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese inappropriate events are extremely divisive at home for good reason; in all cases, they place young children in close proximity with adults who are intentionally and explicitly sexualized,\u201d the senator added.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked for details about other instances of the U.S. military sponsoring events for children with drag queens and if money has been spent on such events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache%3A3va4AERS-bAJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F1457739341311627%3Fref%3Dnewsfeed%20&#038;cd=2&#038;hl=en&#038;ct=clnk&#038;gl=us\">original<\/a> Facebook post announced that the Ramstein Library was \u201ccelebrating Pride Month\u201d by hosting a Drag Queen Story Hour. It added that attendees should \u201cwear your brightest and most colorful outfits!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his statement following the cancelation of the event, Powell added that the leadership of Ramstein was still devoted to promoting inclusivity on the base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamstein leaders strive to foster a culture based on inclusion where all people are treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their political views, color of their skin or sexual orientation,\u201d he said. \u201cThe base\u2019s established processes will ensure all future special observance events are properly reviewed and approved prior to advertisement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that other Pride events were in the works for June that would be supported by Ramstein base administration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drag queen story hour for children that was reportedly supposed to be held at an American air base library was canceled following public outcry about the nature of the event.\u00a0 The 30-minute storytime with books read by drag queen Stacey Teed was to be held at a library in Ramstein, Germany, where the headquarters &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1497244,"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-1497234","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\/1497234","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1497244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}