{"id":1522053,"date":"2022-06-18T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1522053"},"modified":"2022-06-18T13:34:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T17:34:55","slug":"taxpayer-money-used-for-over-200k-on-drag-shows-for-kids-in-nyc-since-2018-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taxpayer-money-used-for-over-200k-on-drag-shows-for-kids-in-nyc-since-2018-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayer Money Used For Over $200K On Drag Shows For Kids In NYC Since 2018: Report"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ftaxpayer-money-used-for-over-200k-on-drag-shows-for-kids-in-nyc-since-2018-report%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=1522053&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 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drag-queen\">Drag queen<\/a> events for children are all over the news right now, and it turns out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\">New York City<\/a> taxpayers are funding some of them.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/11\/over-200k-being-spent-on-drag-queen-shows-at-nyc-schools\">reported<\/a> that Drag Story Hour NYC, a nonprofit that hosts events for kids as young as 3, was awarded $46,000 worth of city contracts for appearances at public schools, street festivals, and libraries, according to records. They\u2019ve raked in $207,000 since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The group has apparently put on 49 drag programs in 34 public elementary, middle, and high schools around New York City\u2019s five boroughs, they shared on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dshnyc.org\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, parents are not always informed these events are happening at their children\u2019s schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am considering pulling funding to any school in my district that is implementing Drag Queen Story Hour,\u201d Queens City Council member Vickie Paladino said in response to the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe are taking hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the pockets of hardworking New York taxpayers \u2026 to fund a program teaching little children about their gender fluidity? Not. On. My. Watch,\u201d Paladino stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/vickie-paladino-nyc-council-member-drag-queen-story-hour-comments\/\">reported<\/a> that she called the program \u201cUnacceptable and grotesque\u201d and in another she called it \u201cChild grooming and sexualization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m totally against it,\u201d Paladino said. \u201cThey come in very exposed. It\u2019s provocative, for a six-year old and an eight-year-old. You know, if they want to do this in public libraries, Marcia, they have a choice. The parents have a choice and I\u2019m all about choice. If they want to take the child to a library, by all means go to the library. Go enjoy it, if that\u2019s what you want to expose your child to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe there\u2019s a time and a place for it. It\u2019s adult entertainment,\u201d the city council member concluded.<\/p>\n<p>After being attacked by critics, Paladino doubled down and refused to apologize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to make one thing very clear: I am NOT apologizing or redacting my statement against using taxpayer dollars to fund Drag Queen Story Hour in our public schools,\u201d the Queens councilwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VickieforNYC\/status\/1537914353864781826\">said<\/a> in a statement Friday night. \u201cThis type of political, social, and cultural indoctrination of our little children \u2013 often without parental consent \u2013 is completely unacceptable and inappropriate, and I refuse to stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, New York City Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/eric-adams\">Eric Adams<\/a> has endorsed drag events for kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrag storytellers, and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces,\u201d Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morganfmckay\/status\/1537578456594239488?s=20&#038;t=NDB7hPuJB903HS4ShDVEOQ\">said<\/a> in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when our LGBTQ+ communities are under increased attack across this country, we must use our education system to educate,\u201d the mayor continued. \u201cThe goal is not only for our children to be academically smart, but also emotionally intelligent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drag queen events for children are all over the news right now, and it turns out New York City taxpayers are funding some of them. 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