Drag queen story time for 3 - 6 year olds coming to a public library near you

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Younigue

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Trump telling small kids to grab women by the ..... for example.
Indeed!

Though his supporters would let Trump read to their children before they'd let a decent, kind drag queen any day of the week. It's fairly important to them to keep dumb in the family. Gotta pass something down.
What ever happened to wanting better for your kids? Too much pressure? Trump showed them why bother you can be dumb as shit and become president one day.
 

Bitek

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around here

-free wifi
-A/C
-tons of TV/Movie dvds/bluray
-'free' daycare

Who watches DVDs anymore?

Lol ;)


Haven't been to library since kids were little (1st-ish grade) Glad they are there, just too much trouble with a busy schedule.
 

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Article has been updated. The event may or may not happen. If this was New Orleans it probably would not have been an issue.

UPDATE 11:30 A.M. TUESDAY:

A statement about the planned event was posted on the Lafayette Public Library's official website Tuesday morning. It noted that the library hosts an average of 60 story times a month throughout the parish.

"Special guests at the story time are not a new concept to the program," the statement said. "Our story times are designed by our children’s librarians who select the books that will be read to families and work with the guest storyteller to practice the flow of the program."

The story times are generally designed for children ages 3 to 6.

"All story programs for this age group are designed for families to attend together and involve books, songs and craft activities that encourage interaction among the children," the statement continued. "The picture books that are read are content- and age-appropriate. The Drag Queen Story Time will share stories of individuality, openness and acceptance with families seeking an opportunity to show their children that every person is unique and should be treated with equal respect."

UPDATE 10:30 A.M. TUESDAY:

Lafayette Mayor-President Joel Robideaux has issued a statement about the Lafayette Public Library's scheduled Drag Queen Story Time.
"Currently, events of the Lafayette Public Library are neither authorized nor approved by Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG), including the Drag Queen Story Time event scheduled for October 6, 2018 at the Library Main Branch," Robideaux said.

"In response to public requests, LCG is working to determine how this event was approved as a programmed event of the Library, who has authority to cancel or move it, and the process for doing so.

The library has an Executive Director that is appointed by and answers to the Library’s Board of Control. As Mayor-President, I have one appointment to the Library’s Board of Control and the Lafayette City-Parish Council has the remaining seven appointments.

I will be discussing cancellation of the event or privately-owned location alternatives with my appointment and encourage the Council to do the same. I will also be asking the Library’s Board of Control to conduct a thorough review of its programming and approval process for taxpayer funded events.

Our parish libraries are public spaces, with venues that any group or individual can reserve, on a non-discriminatory basis, as required by law. We have to be certain, however, that our internally approved programming is both appropriate and serves the needs of Lafayette Parish.

That is the only way our library system will continue to enjoy the support from our community that it has historically received."
 
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Actually it is. Tried to get the e books working thru the library, but it was too restrictive and a PITA. Just end up buying books online instead

You should try and get a community card for any universities that might be close by. They're usually pretty good for ebooks and other online materials.

I'm a bit surprised that your local library has ebook issues though. My mum lives in a small town in New Jersey and she uses the (relatively) local library to download all her books now and has done so for several years as, at 87, it's a bit difficult for her to get to and from the library. She drives as little as possible these days.

As for me, I still love my 'hard copy'. :)
 

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You should try and get a community card for any universities that might be close by. They're usually pretty good for ebooks and other online materials.

I'm a bit surprised that your local library has ebook issues though. My mum lives in a small town in New Jersey and she uses the (relatively) local library to download all her books now and has done so for several years as, at 87, it's a bit difficult for her to get to and from the library. She drives as little as possible these days.

As for me, I still love my 'hard copy'. :)

The selection wasn't great, or the books you wanted had a waiting list. The library in center of town is good, I just don't have time to drive in on Sats, and it's impossible for me to make weekdays. That's always the trouble with B&Ms.

Otoh, Amazon is always open :)
 

Younigue

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You should try and get a community card for any universities that might be close by. They're usually pretty good for ebooks and other online materials.

I'm a bit surprised that your local library has ebook issues though. My mum lives in a small town in New Jersey and she uses the (relatively) local library to download all her books now and has done so for several years as, at 87, it's a bit difficult for her to get to and from the library. She drives as little as possible these days.

As for me, I still love my 'hard copy'. :)
I miss reading my books. I finally got my wall of books in this house and arthritis prevents me from reading them! I read from my tablet now. I've replaced some of my favorites but then they're all my favorites so... .
 
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I miss reading my books. I finally got my wall of books in this house and arthritis prevents me from reading them! I read from my tablet now. I've replaced some of my favorites but then they're all my favorites so... .

Yeah, my mum is 87 and has pretty much stopped reading hard copy and downloads everything to her tablet for reading as it's much easier for her. Me, still reading like crazy as I have pretty much all my life. Generally have 4 or 5 books going at any one time. Hopefully my eyes and hands hold up ok. I'd hate to give up my books/reading. :)
 

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Yeah, my mum is 87 and has pretty much stopped reading hard copy and downloads everything to her tablet for reading as it's much easier for her. Me, still reading like crazy as I have pretty much all my life. Generally have 4 or 5 books going at any one time. Hopefully my eyes and hands hold up ok. I'd hate to give up my books/reading. :)
It's been one of my biggest heartbreaks. I'm fairly take-it-as-it-comes laid back with my arthritis but books... I count them amongst my closest friends.
 

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I once rented my lodgings from a DC street artist who had worked the Atlantic City board walk. He took advantage of a program offering distressed houses for a pittance under the condition that the buyer followed through with a certain level of renovation that could be documented by the dollar. The brick three-story house on R Street NW had been occupied by a tribe of drag queens before Charlie bought it.

They had left the first floor wallpapered with scarlet and gold-leaf wallpaper. As break in my rent, I offered to renovate my 3rd-floor room and re-paint it. During that work, I uncovered oil-paintings under the last coat of paint which would make any straight person uncomfortable. In fact, they might soon find it a blessing to discover the bathroom and toilet a few feet down the hall. I sanded until I was blue in the face, and finally just decided to add more primer and paint again.

The drag queens had built a big wooden stage at the rear of the house, covering a small yard that ended at the alley. It was common knowledge that they would present plays and skits for the whole neighborhood.

I doubt that the audience was given the grand tour of the art-show room on the third floor.

Let the drag queens read stories to the kids, I say! Unless the parents worry about transgender "tendencies" rubbing off on the youngsters.
 

brycejones

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Thread looks more like a shit and run by the OP,. He couldn't even tell us his concern.

Concern troll is just trying to troll now.
 
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ch33zw1z

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Thread looks more like a shit and run by the OP,. He couldn't even tell us his concern.

Concern troll is just trying to troll now.

Scary drag queens we're kicking down his door to tie him up and force read him children's books. Sign up sheet at the door.
 
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Starbuck1975

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Scary drag queens we're kicking down his door to tie him up and force read him children's books. Sign up sheet at the door.
There are feminists who would not be too keen on this idea because they perceive drag queens as reinforcing misogynist patriarchal gender stereotypes of women, as exaggerated by male performers...essentially a form of identity rather than cultural appropriation.

https://www.feministcurrent.com/201...tique-from-feminists-and-the-lgbtq-community/
 

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There are feminists who would not be too keen on this idea because they perceive drag queens as reinforcing misogynist patriarchal gender stereotypes of women, as exaggerated by male performers...essentially a form of identity rather than cultural appropriation.

https://www.feministcurrent.com/201...tique-from-feminists-and-the-lgbtq-community/

I'm assuming you mean the OP, not my post specifically.

They're entitled to their opinion. I happen to think 1/60 of the events being this one is more along the lines of inclusion. People are welcome to not show up. I dunno if I'd set time aside to attend if my local library held the event. Of course, I don't visit the library all that often anyways anymore.
 

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I'm assuming you mean the OP, not my post specifically.

They're entitled to their opinion. I happen to think 1/60 of the events being this one is more along the lines of inclusion. People are welcome to not show up. I dunno if I'd set time aside to attend if my local library held the event. Of course, I don't visit the library all that often anyways anymore.
I was responding to you because I believe you would have an honest conversation on this topic. I’ve noticed that a lot of people dismiss the OP for his misplaced or disproportional concern, but there is a reasonable conversation to be had around drag queens reading to kids at the library.

This isn’t a crisis, its an outlier
 

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I was responding to you because I believe you would have an honest conversation on this topic. I’ve noticed that a lot of people dismiss the OP for his misplaced or disproportional concern, but there is a reasonable conversation to be had around drag queens reading to kids at the library.

This isn’t a crisis, its an outlier

All crises are outliers, really. Otherwise, it's more of a cancer.
 

glenn1

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I was responding to you because I believe you would have an honest conversation on this topic. I’ve noticed that a lot of people dismiss the OP for his misplaced or disproportional concern, but there is a reasonable conversation to be had around drag queens reading to kids at the library.

This isn’t a crisis, its an outlier

I have kids the age of the ones being read to the in the story and I'm unsure what "reasonable conversation" is to be had presuming everyone is acting with the expected decorum and decency I would expect in a public place. I'd be a bit more nervous about my kids asking the types of embarrassing/inelegantly phrased questions that young kids are prone to do, but I'm sure anyone who wasn't in their "first day of the job" of being a drag queen would be used to getting and answering those types of questions.
 
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I was responding to you because I believe you would have an honest conversation on this topic. I’ve noticed that a lot of people dismiss the OP for his misplaced or disproportional concern, but there is a reasonable conversation to be had around drag queens reading to kids at the library.

This isn’t a crisis, its an outlier

Well given that the OP never really gave an opinion or expressed a view point of his own its really difficult to identify what that conversation may be.
 

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I'd be a bit more nervous about my kids asking the types of embarrassing/inelegantly phrased questions that young kids are prone to do, but I'm sure anyone who wasn't in their "first day of the job" of being a drag queen would be used to getting and answering those types of questions.

When kids ask those sorts of questions they are not taken as insulting. Kids are genuinely curious and want to learn, so the questions are asked in earnest, which makes all the difference. I am sure that she would not be putting herself in front of a bunch of kids, explicitly labeled as a cross dresser, if she didn't expect to have to answer some of their questions about it.
 

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This is outrageous. We should be teaching our kids to hate people who are different. That is the America that I love and miss.
 
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