Drag queen story hour in Idaho?

I remember being read stories as a child but not so much who read them.
Well, you'd have remembered the drag queen

I know I would've
Heh, I was just discovering gurls
Throw in a drag queen?
That'd mess me up

Thinking about this subject........it's not a wonder there's so many messed up folks these days

Messed up is becoming the norm
 

Shalimar, I personally feel you have missed the point. We are talking about children here and we should treat them with a little more care and understnding. Pushing ideas down their throats is never a good thing. They need to be fed in small doses for "acceptance" to be part of their lives. Surely, you must realise this is the way to go.
Actually, I disagree. I have already expressed my opinion on this subject, and I feel comfortable that children are not having anything shoved down their throats simply by hearing stories read to them by drag queens. I certainly don’t believe I have missed the point. Hopefully, as a mental health professional, I will always endeavour to promote positive experiences for all people, particularly children. Frankly, I believe the whole thing is a tempest in a teapot, speaking primarily to certain adult’s discomfort with alternate lifestyles rather than any likely damage to children.
 

Well, I was a school librarian, as well as a teacher, so I facilitated plenty of story times. And book fairs. And field trips. So….
The drag aspect is unnecessary. Let them read to the kids in their daily attire if it’s so important to them.

Proof that they’re over the top? I think you should show me when they’re NOT over the top. In fact, the whole point of being a drag queen is exaggeration.
Well, f you know it all then there's nothing I can tell you. It seems to me though that the world has turned into a pretty big mess and drag queens reading to children don't seem to have caused much of it, from what I can see. Maybe the world would do better to accept kindheartedness no matter what shape or form it comes in. If the term drag queen offends you, would you feel better if it was a crossdresser or a transvestite who was reading to those kids? What about if an alcoholic or a convicted felon? What other people should we forbid to bring joy to the lives of children?

🍎 For teacher. What ideas did you plant in those minds?
 
Hopefully, as a mental health professional, I will always endeavour to promote positive experiences for all people, particularly children
This is why I am surprised at your response.
Children have to learn in easy stages not confused and then later on in life need the help of a "mental health professional" to help untangle their confused thoughts.
 
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Well, you'd have remembered the drag queen

I know I would've
Heh, I was just discovering gurls
Throw in a drag queen?
That'd mess me up

Thinking about this subject........it's not a wonder there's so many messed up folks these days

Messed up is becoming the norm
Drag queens have had little to nothing with the sad state if affairs in the world these days. And another reason for more "messed up folks" (your words) is that there are more folks period in the world than ever before. The more there are, the more might be different than you. Different doesn't mean unacceptable. I have no idea if any drag queens were a part of my early life but I've known a few in my later years and they seemed as fine as, or sometimes even finer, than some so called "normal" non-drag queens. They didn't preach bigotry. That much I know and they weren't trying to convert any lost souls.
 
Carol and Radish, I am in complete agreement. And for those who are saying if you don't like the idea, don't go... well, how likely are any of us to go to a story hour for kids who are 3? Or 6? This is not about what WE go to.

I don't think dressing in drag is just another funny costume. If someone wanted to dress like a silly clown (as long as it wasn't the scary type of clown that so many kids seem to be afraid of), I'd have no problem with that. "Oh, her? She's just the silly story clown." But I really think the persona and the atmosphere conveyed by a drag queen is something else entirely. And while it might be amusing for some over the age of 18 or so, even for some titillating, it is sick and totally inappropriate for small children. In fact, it sounds like some sort of insane skit made up by the SNL bunch, or something contrived for a drunk fraternity party. It is not harmless, it's an indication of how corrupt this society has become.

If you really think it is OK, ask yourself: how would you feel about a toddler story hour conducted by someone dressed as a prostitute? A Nazi? A political figure you think is totally evil? How about Charles Manson? Or how about a really terrifying ogre?

I have to wonder about the real motive of those who came up with this idea, and those who are encouraging it.
 
"A child miseducated is a child lost."
- John F. Kennedy
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For they don't know that they are so.
 
Carol and Radish, I am in complete agreement. And for those who are saying if you don't like the idea, don't go... well, how likely are any of us to go to a story hour for kids who are 3? Or 6? This is not about what WE go to.

I don't think dressing in drag is just another funny costume. If someone wanted to dress like a silly clown (as long as it wasn't the scary type of clown that so many kids seem to be afraid of), I'd have no problem with that. "Oh, her? She's just the silly story clown." But I really think the persona and the atmosphere conveyed by a drag queen is something else entirely. And while it might be amusing for some over the age of 18 or so, even for some titillating, it is sick and totally inappropriate for small children. In fact, it sounds like some sort of insane skit made up by the SNL bunch, or something contrived for a drunk fraternity party. It is not harmless, it's an indication of how corrupt this society has become.

If you really think it is OK, ask yourself: how would you feel about a toddler story hour conducted by someone dressed as a prostitute? A Nazi? A political figure you think is totally evil? How about Charles Manson? Or how about a really terrifying ogre?

I have to wonder about the real motive of those who came up with this idea, and those who are encouraging it.
Those who don't like the idea need not attend but their not liking the idea shouldn't preclude others from enjoying the performance. Evil exists in the world. That's a fact. So does ignorance and intolerance. I say let cooler heads prevail and on with the show! It's a free country, where Idaho is located. Maybe it's just what's needed, when it's most needed. Maybe the only motive was to see a few kids smile. Not everyone is everything is evil just because you choose to see it as such.
 
I thought it was about drag queens reading to children and whether ir not it seems appropriate. You seem sure about a lot more things than most people I've known, early and later years both. How did you come to know what you know and how are you using it to make a better world?
I don't know much
I don't even know you, but what I'm learning, I'm pretty happy about that
 
I don’t think this is about inclusiveness, or kindness, or even literacy. I think it’s about advancing a political agenda. That would be fine, if there weren’t children involved. But there are children involved, and that makes it reprehensible.
How many millions of drag queens do you suppose there are with a political agenda? What about Santa Claus? Doesn't he wear a type of drag as well? And what makes it so reprehensible? Such strong language you use. Might you be a bit more masculine in your persona than drag queens?
 
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Except you don't have to. It's a free-enough country where you can choose to read books to your kids yourself, and even educate them at home. Fortunately.

A close friend of mine lived in Idaho for a few years until just recently. One of the reasons he left is because it's a "conservative state." That's what he told me, anyway. If it is, I suppose that library's story-time audience will dwindle quicker than a minnow can swim a lap in a dipper.
Kids will always query their parents at some point over things like this. I did when I was a kid. Most kids do wonder about people who are different from any they have seen before and you can't always protect them from reality until they are grown enough to understand. :unsure:
 
Isn't being a drag queen just a fashion statement? It's guys who like women's clothes and makeup and they want to adapt women's fashion for themselves? That's what it seems like to me, and it seems extremely superficial and vain.
 
We had to bar male transvestites from our Lingerie / Adult store. Behavioral problems we couldn't tolerate. The main offender was deputy to the mayor. City Hall 2 blocks away.
 


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