{"id":1510041,"date":"2022-06-09T20:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T00:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510041"},"modified":"2022-06-09T20:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T00:37:28","slug":"four-colorado-elementary-schools-dei-groups-teamed-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-colorado-elementary-schools-dei-groups-teamed-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Colorado Elementary Schools\u2019 DEI Groups Teamed Up To Promote Drag Queen Story Hour"},"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\">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%2Ffour-colorado-elementary-schools-dei-groups-teamed-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-hour%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=1510041&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>The post said the elementary school DEI groups would \u201csponsor and hand out rainbow flags at the main entrance points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drag queen Shirley Delta Blow was scheduled to read to children at 4 p.m. as part of the Pride event, which\u00a0was set for last Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley Delta Blow is actually Stuart Sanks, a third grade teacher\u00a0at The Studio School just north of Denver, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/arts\/stuart-sanks-aka-shirley-delta-blow-of-off-center-drag-machine-drag-decades-mixed-taste-mca-denver-9012136\">told<\/a> Westword.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tend to giggle a lot in my room, and there is always glitter, much to the chagrin of some parents. But, hey, a drag queen is your child\u2019s teacher. This is what you signed up for,\u201d Sanks told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394046\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-394046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n-578x576-1.jpg 578w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n-768x766-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n-1536x1531-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/285826302_4814701288652702_8491810485394271284_n.jpg 1862w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-394046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erie Pride Celebration<\/p>\n<p>Meadowlark Elementary is in Colorado\u2019s\u00a0Boulder Valley School District. It is unclear whether the other three elementary schools are in that district, although all are located in Erie.<\/p>\n<p>A Meadowlark Elementary School spokesperson told Fox News that the DEI groups partnering with the town\u2019s Pride event was a parent\/student activity independent of Meadowlark Elementary School, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/schools-organizations-celebrate-pride-month-drag-shows-minors\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post was <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/3-elementary-schools-in-erie-colorado-team-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-time\/\">flagged<\/a> by Parents Defending Education, a\u00a0grassroots organization that says it works to fight indoctrination in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/lgbtq\/erie-first-pride-celebration\/73-2185cac8-5154-49fa-872c-54d1d1ea1626\">slated<\/a> to be at the event was the Parasol Patrol, an LGBT group which says it works to protect children from the \u201conslaught of hateful speech from protesters\u201d at events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe provide hearing protection to muffle the vitriolic taunts and use our umbrellas to shield them from the vulgar signs and angry faces,\u201d the Parasol Patrol <a href=\"https:\/\/parasolpatrol.org\/mission\">says<\/a> in its mission statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so important to show queer kids today that they grow up and be successful while embracing their identity and who they truly are,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/lgbtq\/erie-first-pride-celebration\/73-2185cac8-5154-49fa-872c-54d1d1ea1626\">said<\/a> Christiaan van Woudenberg, one of the organizers for the event.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2016, the Human Right Campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/2016\/07\/18\/boulder-valley-schools-recognized-as-leader-in-transgender-inclusion\/\">praised<\/a>\u00a0the Boulder Valley School District\u00a0for\u00a0its leadership on transgender issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we see an elementary school\u2019s PTSA encouraging kids to participate in a \u2018Pride Celebration\u2019 with a drag queen\u2013who happens to be an elementary school teacher at a neighboring school \u2013 isn\u2019t it clear that the Human Rights Campaign\u2019s trans rights activist agenda has become toxic?\u201d said\u00a0Parents Defending Education Private School Advocacy Associate Mary Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/schools-organizations-celebrate-pride-month-drag-shows-minors\">said<\/a>. \u201cBack in 2016, HRC gave the Boulder Valley School District its \u2018Welcoming Schools Seal of Excellence\u2019 and said the district was \u2018out ahead of the curve\u2019 in implementing HRC\u2019s curriculum.\u00a0Fast forward to 2022, the district\u2019s parents and teachers are now directing kids to hand out rainbow flags at events headlined by drag queens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drag queen events marketed as intended for young children have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dallas-gay-bars-drag-show-for-kids-obscene-sign-draws-angry-protests\">come under attack<\/a>\u00a0recently from parents, who argue that such events are inappropriate for younger age groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Colorado elementary schools\u2019 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion groups joined forces to promote a drag queen story hour event earlier this month. Erie, Colorado\u2019s Meadowlark Elementary School\u2019s Parent, Teacher and Student Association\u00a0committee announced that its DEI committee would team up with the DEI groups at three other elementary schools in Erie to participate in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1898512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510041","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}