A drag queen story hour event featuring “Pickle the Drag Queen” was shut down in San Fernando Valley, California, after parents protested.
The crowd, belonging to groups called Leave Our Kids Alone and Parents’ Voices of the Glendale Unified School District, held signs and chanted “Leave our kids alone!”
Pickle defended the event as about self-expression and claimed the programs were G-rated.
Video footage showed Pickle at another event singing a song about drag queens with children. (Trending: Donald Trump Is A ‘Cockroach’ That Just Won’t Go Away)
A children’s drag event at the San Fernando Library in Los Angeles featuring Pickle the drag queen was shut down at a peaceful protest on Oct. 25. Parents surrounded the front of the library, preventing Pickle from coming inside. Read: https://t.co/OIuzneqDiR
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) October 26, 2023
Social media users had mixed reactions, with some criticizing the event as evil and questioning why senior citizens were not included.
ABC 7 described the peaceful protest as “chaos.”
Pickle claimed it is “about self-expression,” adding, “These programs are completely G-rated.”
“If they don’t want to bring their children, for whatever reason that is their right,” he added.
Social media users reacted to the protest. One person stated, “Good. More of this. Sexual exhibitionists getting off on kids is evil. Demonic.”
“Senior Citizens that NEVER get visitors are NEVER on the list for these men to visit and read to. I wonder why?” another user commented. (Trending: Joe Biden Historic Take Down of Guns)
