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COURIER L 12 IFE, JULY 5-11, 2019 PS
SUNSHINE: Harmonica Sunbeam’s appearance at the Crown Heights Library drew scant
protests from anti-drag queen demonstrators. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
PROTEST
“We’re here to stand against bigotry
in whatever form it takes,”
said Alice Tracey. “And look at
how much we outnumber them by. I
think that tells you all you need to
know.”
The demonstration came on the
heels of a similar clash outside of a
June 6 installment of the story hour
program at the Gerritsen Beach Library,
where anti-story hour protesters
mobilized in much larger
numbers than the miniscule showing
in Crown Heights.
The protest organizer chalked up
the weak attendance to the intolerance
of pro-drag queen demonstrators.
“Obviously, we didn’t have the
turnout we’d hoped for,” said Rick
Knight. “I think that if you express
any conservative views, people just
jump on you. People are afraid to
speak against this.”
Knight suspected that the story
hour program was the beginning of
an elaborate indoctrination effort
on the part of drag queens everywhere.
“They can’t reproduce, so they’re
recruiting,” he said. “I’m not a conspiracy
theorist, but I think a lot of
this ideology is from the cultural
Marxists.”
The demonstrators, who Knight
described as fighting a global culture
war, were attempting to draw
the line before society slid down a
“slippery slope,” he said.
“Pedophilia is next,” Knight
said. “You have to realize that drag
queens were a fringe group just 10
years ago, but now they’re mainstream.
Next they’ll be defending
pedophilia.”
Their efforts to hijack the event
failed, as police cordoned off the
unevenly matched groups of demonstrators
on either side of the entrance
to the library — where approximately
65 kids listened to the
guest of honor read a number of
children’s books uninterrupted by
the commotion outside.
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SUPPORTIVE: More than 50 people showed
up to support the drag queen event on June
27. Photo by Aidan Graham
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