{"id":573793,"date":"2021-06-25T11:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573793"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:37:25","slug":"virginia-library-invites-preschoolers-babies-toddlers-for-drag-storybook-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-library-invites-preschoolers-babies-toddlers-for-drag-storybook-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Library Invites \u2018Preschoolers,\u2019 \u2018Babies,\u2019 \u2018Toddlers\u2019 For \u2018Drag StoryBook Hour\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fvirginia-library-invites-preschoolers-babies-toddlers-for-drag-storybook-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=573793&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-531111888-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A library in Fairfax, Virginia, is targeting \u201cschool age children,\u201d \u201cpreschoolers,\u201d and \u201cbabies and toddlers\u201d as the audience for their \u201cDrag StoryBook Hour\u201d scheduled for Saturday, June 26, as part of celebrating \u201cPride Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The library wrote: \u201cCelebrate Pride Month by attending Drag StoryBook Hour cosponsored by Fairfax County Public Library and the McLean Community Center. Registration required. All Ages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After listing the date, time and location, the announcement continued by stating, \u201cAudience: school age children, preschoolers, babies and toddlers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2242990654206\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OUTRAGEOUS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fairfaxlibrary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FairfaxLibrary<\/a> has targeted their &#8220;all ages&#8221; &#8220;Drag StoryBook Hour&#8221; to &#8220;school age children,&#8221; &#8220;preschoolers,&#8221; &#8220;babies and toddlers.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bxapuw1b4v\">pic.twitter.com\/Bxapuw1b4v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fairfax GOP (@FairfaxGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FairfaxGOP\/status\/1408425646985035781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Thursday, the library tweeted, \u201cAs #PRIDE 2021 wraps up, join us virtually Monday evening for our Rainbow Families Storytime. Designed for ages 2-7 with an adult, these inclusive, affirming stories and songs celebrate rainbow families, self-expression, and Pride Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.804733727811\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PRIDE2021?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PRIDE2021<\/a> wraps up, join us virtually Monday evening for our Rainbow Families Storytime. Designed for ages 2-7 with an adult, these inclusive, affirming stories and songs celebrate rainbow families, self-expression, and Pride Month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/udMtfqUWMu\">https:\/\/t.co\/udMtfqUWMu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FTpNtGP4Kq\">pic.twitter.com\/FTpNtGP4Kq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fairfax Library (@fairfaxlibrary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fairfaxlibrary\/status\/1408210846577274887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That virtual event, scheduled for June 28, listed its audience as \u201cpreschoolers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, <a href=\"https:\/\/whdh.com\/news\/drag-queen-story-hour-in-plymouth-draws-ire-from-some\/\">protesters gathered<\/a> at the Plymouth Public Library as a Drag Queen Story Hour was held. One protester stated, \u201cThe idea to bring drag queens down, that are adult entertainers, to talk to children about transgender is completely inappropriate. I wouldn\u2019t be able to take my kids to a drag show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, a contributing writer for Catholic Arts Today noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-i-saw-at-drag-queen-story-hour-11570661201\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> that she had attended a \u201cDrag Queen Story Hour.\u201d Charlotte Allen wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><em>Drag Queen Story Hour started in 2015 in San Francisco and has quickly spread around America and abroad, thanks in part to energetic promotion by librarians and their trade organization, the American Library Association. Many of the sessions take place inside library buildings and schools. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In 2018 the American Library Association sponsored a workshop in which children\u2019s librarians could \u201clearn best practices for setting up Drag Queen Story Hours in their locations.\u201d Featured was a list of suggested storybook titles for the \u201ctoddler and preschool\u201d set, which looked as if it was geared to candidates for puberty blockers: \u201cMy Princess Boy,\u201d \u201cWilliam\u2019s Doll,\u201d \u201cJulian Is a Mermaid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/photos-drag-queen-in-skirt-exposed-crotch-to-children-at-story-hour-event\">reported<\/a> in October 2019:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19.084967320261\">\n<p><em>A drag queen performer named \u201cSasha Sota\u201d repeatedly exposed himself while reading to young children during a recent \u201cDrag Queen Story Hour\u201d event at a taxpayer-funded library in Minnesota, photos show. Blogger\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caffeinatedthoughts.com\/2019\/10\/indoctrinating-future-drag-queens-for-all-starting-with-your-local-library\/\">Anne Taylor<\/a>, writing at \u201cCaffeinated Thoughts,\u201d attended the October 17 event at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hennepin.us\/stories\/sitecore\/content\/hclib\/about\/library-board\/board-members?fbclid=IwAR1kLjwzYsLfTCNCoo8fUT3zWozWWj0bLP-wEVL0LAfL-bUNYUsovzhmKFM\">Hennepin Country Library<\/a>\u00a0and shared photos online of the drag queen\u2019s exposed crotch.\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The drag queen \u201cstrode in suggestively past the children, sitting down in a chair before several preschool-aged girls with his legs spread wide, exposing his nylon covered crotch in front of children sitting at eye level,\u201d she recalled, providing photos of one such incident. \u201cWe noticed that he did this often while reading nervously before the children.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July 2019, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/photos-evidence-children-laid-top-drag-queens-amanda-prestigiacomo\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13.949044585987\">\n<p><em>Concerns over so-called \u201cDrag Queen Story Hour\u201d events hosted at libraries across the country were reignited earlier this month when photos of young children laying on top of adult male drag queens were exposed. The photos, which were posted on a Flickr account for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/multcolib.org\/\">Multnomah County Library<\/a>\u00a0located in Portland, Oregon, have since been deleted. LifeSiteNews, however,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/images\/local\/files\/PDFs\/Drag_queen_child_abuse.pdf\">preserved<\/a>\u00a0the images, which they have condemned as \u201cchild abuse,\u201d before they were removed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A library in Fairfax, Virginia, is targeting \u201cschool age children,\u201d \u201cpreschoolers,\u201d and \u201cbabies and toddlers\u201d as the audience for their \u201cDrag StoryBook Hour\u201d scheduled for Saturday, June 26, as part &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281332,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-531111888-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Virginia Library Invites \u2018Preschoolers,\u2019 \u2018Babies,\u2019 \u2018Toddlers\u2019 For \u2018Drag StoryBook Hour\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-531111888-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Virginia Library Invites \u2018Preschoolers,\u2019 \u2018Babies,\u2019 \u2018Toddlers\u2019 For \u2018Drag StoryBook Hour\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573793","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}