At least one person was arrested during a heated protest Thursday against Drag Story Hours outside Queens Public Library. AliBaumanTV reports.
Opposing protests turned vicious outside the Queens Public Library in"The heart of our mission is teaching kids to express themselves as exuberantly as possible and helping them to be able to accept other kids and other people however they choose to express themselves," said Allison Marino, president of the board for Drag Story Hour NYC.
"I just don't want somebody who is a transgender teaching our kids about whatever they're talking about," protester Edwin de la Cruz said. "The library is for everybody and teaches about tolerance, and so I wanted to be here to show my support," said Susan Latham, who was attending the protest in support of Drag Story Hour.
"We're not against drag queens or LGBT or other liberties, we're just about the curriculum changes with the children being so young, exposed to this whole world where they're so confused," protester Dion Powell said."No, but we have people here that do have kids," Powell said.
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