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

[katistrophik]

My daughter is gay and I have no problem with her or her partners way of life, never have and never will.

But I for one agree that little one's should be left to be kid's, they will face enough sh!t later on, and if they are in a library reading group I am going to assume they are likely to be under the age of 11 [ish] possibly a LOT younger.

I also strongly beleive it is up to the parents to broach a subject as sensitive as this one within the home, within the paremeters they have chosen to raise their children.

Same with any other issue, politics, religion, racism, predjudice, all a parent can do is support and adivse and give the child the tools they need to make an informed decision if and when they are faced with any of the issues in life, no more no less - For all the arguments and debates, there is no blanket answer.

[4channel]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

And at what age do you think children should be told it's not really the stork that brings babies?

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Most parents tell their kids where babies really come from.Most of those parents wouldn't want drag queens reading to their children either.  I don't know why you would ask icyfroth such a question

[lyndal1838]

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@4channel wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

And at what age do you think children should be told it's not really the stork that brings babies?

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Most parents tell their kids where babies really come from.Most of those parents wouldn't want drag queens reading to their children either.  I don't know why you would ask icyfroth such a question

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How many children have you known 4channel?

Apart from the fact that drag queens are men dressed as women, what else do you know about these story readings?  Have you ever been to a library when children's story time is in progress?

The story times that I have been associated with required parental permission for children to attend and parents were encouraged to be there too.  If they could not stay they must deliver the child/ren and pick them up afterwards.

The sessions were age appropriate so I was usually involved in 2 different sessions as there was a 4 year gap between my girls.   I usually took the younger girl and the elder girl went with a neighbour and her girl.

We had some amazing story tellers.....people who read the talking books for the blind, drama school students (including a couple who are well known on TV and radio now and one actor who is unashamedly gay now).

Unfortunately back in the 70s and 80s we were not lucky enough to score any drag queens....that would have been amazing.

And guess what....nothing untoward happened at all.....and the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@4channel wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

And at what age do you think children should be told it's not really the stork that brings babies?

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Most parents tell their kids where babies really come from.Most of those parents wouldn't want drag queens reading to their children either.  I don't know why you would ask icyfroth such a question

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I asked because all children at some point in their lives are going to discover where babies come from and all children are  also going to discover that not everonein this world is heterosexual. 

Presumably it is better that both these things should be explained to them before they pick up garbled and often uninformed accounts from their friends. I wanted to know at what age Icy considered it would be safe to impart this information.

And in case your are wondering, drag queens reading in in librries do not tell toddlers either how babies are made or how homosexuals make love.

[icyfroth]

Why can't they be read to by men dressed as men, or women dressed as women?
Why this push for drag queens to read to children?

Oh, and...why would you assume I've had a sheltered upbringing?

[the_great_she_elephant]

Icyfroth wrote: Why can't they be read to by men dressed as men, or women dressed as women?

They are, regularly, in homes, schools, in kindies, in childcare centres - and even in libraries.

[icyfroth]

Why push drag queens then? What's the agenda?

Why would you assume I've had a sheltered upbringing?

[davewil1964]

Why am I glad that you're not my mother?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@icyfroth wrote:
Why push drag queens then? What's the agenda?

Why would you assume I've had a sheltered upbringing?

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Presumably for the same that they 'push' Peppa Pig, Bananas In Pyjamas and Captain Feathersword.

And your naive belief that small children are going to have their innocence corrupted by listening to stories read by drag queens, suggests a rather limited experience of childhood.