The 'Holi-Drag Storytime' event is slated Dec. 3 at a North Side church. The Ohio Chapter of the Proud Boys says it intends to protest at the event.
Columbus police will be present to monitor a storytelling event at a North Side church after a far-right extremist group announced plans to disrupt and protest it.
The"Holi-Drag Storytime" event is scheduled to be held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 3 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, located on West Weisheimer Road. The event is being hosted by Red Oak Community School, a private school that operates at the church.The event will feature three local drag performers reading stories to children and performing a"few holiday numbers," according to the event page on the school's website.
The Ohio Chapter of the Proud Boys, an extremist organization whose leadership has been charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, posted on the social media platform Telegram on Nov. 15 that they intend to attend and protest the even. "It's going to be wild," the group said in its posting. That's the same statement made by President Donald Trump encouraging people to come to his rally on Jan. 6, 2021 during which he told attendees to march down to the Capitol building where the electoral college votes were being counted certifying President Joe Biden's victory over Trump.
The Telegram messaging channel on which the announcement was posted also features posts with photographs of school and church leaders and the phone number for the church, as well as comments such as"Our gays are better than their gays."
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