It's hardly surprising that the American import, 'Drag Queen Story Hour' (DQSH), has
proven to be controversial.
DQSH, involves grown men in drag reading stories to young
children in public spaces, such as libraries. DQSH, claim that the purpose of
using men in drag to read stories to children, is "to show the world that being different is not a bad thing",
and to provide "imaginative role
models for children to look up to." Some parents have objected to DQSH
on the grounds that it's inappropriate for children and claim that their
children, are being indoctrinated into gender ideology.
The Welsh government say they intend to make "Wales the
most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe” and they have ordered public buildings
to fly flags representing 'asexual' and 'aromantic' people. In August 2022,
Cardiff council, used Welsh government funding for a DQSH event at Cardiff
Central Library. The event was hosted by 'Aida
H Dee' the drag persona of DQSH founder, Sab Samuel. Apart from
demonstrations outside the building by people objecting to the event, Cardiff
council received 143 letters of complaint. Some protestors thought the event
encouraged ridicule of LGBT people.
It later transpired, that Samuel had been fundraising to pay
for the funeral costs of a convicted child sex offender he called his friend,
and had also made online comments, on social media, about "anal sex and orgies." Critics said
it was mind boggling that Cardiff Central Library had considered Samuel's a
suitable person to entertain young children.
The ones that I really feel sorry for, are the poor kids, who
have been subjected to all this adult nonsense about queer politics. Childhood
is a precious time and it doesn't last very long, so I feel that we ought to
let children enjoy it. Does anybody ever ask them if they're interested in
stories about gender bending or whether they want to listen to this crap? I
doubt it. But I don't think we have to.
If we look at the most popular children's books in Britain
today, none of them are really about gender bending or sexuality. The vast
majority of children's authors don't write about these adult themes and never
have done, because they think children, are more interested in fantasy - Father
Christmas and the tooth fairy, and they're right. Among the top fifty of children's favourite
books we still find, 'Winnie the Pooh', '
Horrid Henry', 'The Gruffalo', 'Peter Pan', 'Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory', 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', 'Watership Down', 'Treasure Island'
and the 'Harry Potter' books. Do I need to say more?
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