Drag queens reading to kids

[davidc4430]

Drag queens reading to kids in Brisbane library confronted by UQ Liberal National Club members

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-13/lnp-distances-itself-from-drag-queen-protesters/11861762

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@4channel wrote:

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QUOTE: Drag Queens are not tryng to pass themselves off as women - it's all about theatrical make-beieve. So if kids are going to be confused by that, then should we also ban 'dress-ups' in schools during Childrens Book Week? Aren't all those witches, wizards, pirates, cats in hats,  equally 'confusing.' Specially if one of the girls decides to be a pirate or one of the boys dresses as a witch. 

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Even though I see the 4 people agreeing with you in kudos , I wonder how many of  these Circle folk have really have thought about it. Well, the_great_she_elephant, I have to disagree.

Drag queens are not about theatrical make believe. These are actual drag queens in the sexual sense!

I have no idea what you mean by "in the sexual sense." Most drag queens are probably homosexual or bisexual but they are not, repeat NOT transexual They don't dress in drag because they want to be women, and they don't dress in drag to go shopping or 

wash their floors. It is a performance!

Cats in hats in a play are a different type of interaction than toddlers sitting on the floor listening to a reader viewed as a person of authority (Centre of attention)  in an elevated position in the room.

You do know that many teachers also wear ' dress up' during Children's Book Week?

Boys should be taught to be boys and girls should be taught to be girls when they are little. It's tragic when hearing of some parents deciding to raise a kid as gender neutral..I believe the term is a theybie.

How exactly does one 'teach' boys to be boys and girls to be girls - Insist on train sets and cowboy suits for boys and dolls and princess dresses for girls? 

Also I believe that homosexuals, lesbians and transvestites are people who have rights and should be treated fairly, I don't see why little impressionable minds should be force-fed this.

So would you take your kids to a panto where the dame was played by a man and the principle boy was a girl in drag?

BTW: Some parents have been vocally concerned about children being part of activities involving witches and wizards as it seen as an introduction to the occult. I can sort of see their point actually. I know that many parents were concerned about Harry Potter books and films. And Halloween appears to be a concern as well.

And do you have an equal problem with young children being 'force fed' with bible stories?

[imastawka]

I'm sure 4Chan would be horrified to have the likes of Courtney Act (Australia's most recent and best known drag queen) read to children.

After all, look how scarey she looks

  

[4channel]

4channel writes in reply to the_great_she_elephant

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote

I have no idea what you mean by "in the sexual sense." Most drag queens are probably homosexual or bisexual but they are not, repeat NOT transexual They don't dress in drag because they want to be women, and they don't dress in drag to go shopping or 

wash their floors. It is a performance!

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Well, whatever the angle / whatever it is for the man who dresses up in woman's cllothes the question must be asked, why deliberately select drag queen / transvestite males to read stories to little children?

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote

You do know that many teachers also wear ' dress up' during Children's Book Week?

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Well, that's OK. Female terachers should wear dresses during Children's Book week. Male teachers should dress as males.

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote

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 How exactly does one 'teach' boys to be boys and girls to be girls - Insist on train sets and cowboy suits for boys and dolls and princess dresses for girls

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By not confusing them by having stories read to them by men dressed as women or having stories like The Gender Fairy or My Princess Boy etc.. read to them. Telling boys that they are boys and tellling girls that they are girls is a start.

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote


So would you take your kids to a panto where the dame was played by a man and the principle boy was a girl in drag?

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Probably not!

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote

 And do you have an equal problem with young children being 'force fed' with bible stories?

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I don't see it as being force fed. Australia is a predominantly Christian country with Christian values. I also see the great co-Abrahamic faiths such as Judaism and Islam as being compatible with that. I also recognise that Buddhism and Hinduism have a long history in Australia . These are all valid faiths and have similar moralistic goals, values and rewards.

Respect to the spiritual beliefs of First Australians as well.

The occult is not compatible with the values of the faiths I mentioned.

[davewil1964]

Nothing else is apt.

[4channel]

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@imastawka wrote:

I'm sure 4Chan would be horrified to have the likes of Courtney Act (Australia's most recent and best known drag queen) read to children.

After all, look how scarey she looks

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Reply from 4channel

The name is 4channel, thankyou imastawka  / D? I am not Charlie Chan's #4 son.

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Courtney Act tells children it’s OK to be queer and non-binary in groundbreaking CBBC show

Courtney Act joined CBBC as its latest Celebrity Supply Teacher with a message of LGBT+ inclusivity.

The Drag Race star turned national treasure quoted Oscar Wilde, thanked the Spice Girls for empowering her to be whoever she wanted to be, and told children “it’s OK for boys to like boys, girls to like both, or to not even be a boy or a girl”.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/19/courtney-act-tells-children-its-ok-to-be-queer-and-non-binary-...
  

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Little kids can see a lot more than we can sometimes. Many people would believe that this is inappropriate and are concerned. I can actually understand the concerns..

[4channel]

So is telling little kids it is "OK for boys to like boys, girls to like both, or to not even be a boy or a girl”OK?

Can't kids just be kids?

[davewil1964]

You still haven't provided any objective evidence of your homophobic assertion that all drag queens are homosexual.

Until you do, your contentions are, at best, personal philosopy. Not fact.

[the_great_she_elephant]

4Channel wrote: (She) told children “it’s OK for boys to like boys, girls to like both, or to not even be a boy or a girl”.

Wouldyou have preferred her to  tell them "II's not OK."?

[4channel]

No, just leave them alone that's all.

[imastawka]

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@4channel wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

I'm sure 4Chan would be horrified to have the likes of Courtney Act (Australia's most recent and best known drag queen) read to children.

After all, look how scarey she looks

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Reply from 4channel

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Courtney Act tells children it’s OK to be queer and non-binary in groundbreaking CBBC show

Courtney Act joined CBBC as its latest Celebrity Supply Teacher with a message of LGBT+ inclusivity.

The Drag Race star turned national treasure quoted Oscar Wilde, thanked the Spice Girls for empowering her to be whoever she wanted to be, and told children “it’s OK for boys to like boys, girls to like both, or to not even be a boy or a girl”.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/19/courtney-act-tells-children-its-ok-to-be-queer-and-non-binary-...
  

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Wow.  I didn't know she did that. 

That's wonderful.