A local chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is apologizing after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-member-arrested-for-masturbating-in-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire reported</a> that a former member of its community was arrested last month for masturbating at a beachfront park in California.
Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, the alleged public masturbator, had been active in the local Eureka, California, chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for years, even attending a drag reading at the public school with the group back in 2018. Ellis-Gilmore appeared to go by several names in the group, including “Novice Sister Bethe Cockhim,” and “Novice Sister Man Romeo,” according to social media posts. 
The Eureka House of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence told The Daily Wire on Wednesday that Ellis-Gilmore’s arrest “is an embarrassment and a blight on our name.”
“The Eureka House of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence unreservedly condemns the behavior alleged in police reports,” the group said in a statement sent to The Daily Wire from Sister Marymagnalaid. “To have anyone associated with us accused of such behavior is an embarrassment and a blight on our name.”
The group came under the spotlight earlier this year when it was honored by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The decision caused an uproar in the community, given the Sisters are known for mocking the Catholic faith.
Police records show Ellis-Gilmore was arrested after multiple witnesses said he was sitting with no pants on and truck door open at Table Bluff County Park, with one leg out the vehicle and the other up on the dashboard while masturbating. One witness told The Daily Wire it was clear Ellis-Gilmore wanted “everyone to see what he’s doing.”
The local chapter says that although Ellis-Gilmore was involved, he was never a full-fledged member of the group. 
“The person arrested was in a probationary process to become a full member at one time but this process ended in October of 2020,” the statement said. “We have a long and complex process for admitting new members to our order and we take every step to be as certain as possible that anyone admitted as a fully-professed member will not bring dishonor to our order.”
The statement added that the group had a disciplinary by which they could kick out members and that full members were mandatory reporters. 
“We offer our most profound apologies to the community for what happened and specifically to any individuals impacted by this inexcusable behavior. It is not representative of our Order, our values, or the hundreds of individuals who serve as Sisters,” the statement said.
Pictures on social media place Ellis-Gilmore at numerous events with the group alongside his husband, Bill Gilmore, who goes by “Saint Gives More.” According to the group, “Saints,” though not members of the “Abby,” <a href="https://www.eurekasisters.org/the-abbey/saints-angels">are</a> “very special people in our community who deserve recognition for their contributions to the community or the Sisters.”
The group said it was “frustrating” that Ellis-Gilmore’s masturbation arrest came as the group was in the national spotlight.
“It is particularly frustrating for us to have to address this accusation of inexcusable behavior at a time when we know many are seeking any way to marginalize and minimize us,” it said. “We would ask our critics to consider whether all the current and former members of their own organizations are without sin before hurling stones at our entire organization based on the alleged behavior of a former member.”
If convicted, Ellis-Gilmore faces six months of prison time, a $1,000 fine, and a requirement to register as a sex offender.

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An active member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of predominantly gay men who openly mock Catholics, was arrested in California last month for indecent exposure after witnesses say he masturbated in public for an hour, according to a sheriff’s office report obtained by The Daily Wire. 
The man, 53-year-old Clinton Monroe Ellis-Gilmore, was arrested by police at a beachside park after they received a report of a male “exposing himself in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle,” the Humboldt County Sheriff’s department said. 
“According to numerous witnesses, Ellis-Gilmore had been at that location for approximately one hour, sitting in his truck with the door open, masturbating,” according to a sheriff&#8217;s <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/09/Police-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on the incident, which took place on August 12 at around 6:41 p.m. “The conduct does not appear to have been directed at anyone in particular.” 
The arrest took place at Table Bluff County Park in Loleta, California, with over an hour of daylight still left. Google lists the park as “good for kids” and home to “kid-friendly hikes.”
A mugshot obtained by The Daily Wire from Ellis-Gilmore’s <a href="https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/119781/20230813_BookingSheet">booking</a> indicates that he was at least shirtless at the time of the arrest. The Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence did not respond to a request for comment on Ellis-Gilmore.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-dodgers-will-honor-drag-group-mocking-catholics-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made headlines</a> earlier this year after the Los Angeles Dodgers decided to honor the group at a “Pride” event. The group makes fun of Christianity and its members are men in traditional nun clothing that frequently use sexually suggestive names. It won the support, however, of many in the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/meet-drag-nuns-caught-culture-war-pride-events-rcna89540">media</a>, which defended the group from critics who said it was a <a href="https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1661402810112516099?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">perverted hate group</a> and celebrated it for its “dedication to community service.”
Ellis-Gilmore&#8217;s initial arrest was only reported by a local Humboldt County website, The Lost Coast Populist, which <a href="https://lostcoastpopulist.com/sisters-man-arrested-4-indecent-exposure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">located</a> many of his old social media posts and first linked Ellis-Gilmore to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Randy Fleek, a witness who spoke with the arresting deputies, told The Daily Wire that Ellis-Gilmore made no attempt to hide what was going on. He said that Ellis-Gilmore parked two spots away from his trailer and had his left leg out the open door of the truck and right leg up on the dashboard with no pants on, which gave him full side view of Ellis-Gilmore &#8220;playing with himself.&#8221;
&#8220;Well this is f***ed up,&#8221; Fleek said of what he saw. &#8220;It’s obvious. You cannot help but see this guy, he’s not hiding it. He wants everyone to see what he’s doing.&#8221;
He added that cars came and went throughout the hour, including some with young women. He also said that Ellis-Gilmore had his shirt on at the beginning but was naked by the end. He said he was happy when the sheriff deputies arrived, took him out of the truck, and got him dressed.
&#8220;There’s something wrong with that man. He’s got a weird f***ing desire to show off to the public, to anybody that wants to look at him,&#8221; Fleek said. &#8220;He puts himself in a position and in a spot that you can’t help but look at the son of a b***.&#8221;
He described the location as &#8220;popular&#8221; and one where a lot of vehicles come through to look at the ocean which he said made what he witnessed more disturbing. &#8220;People pull in to see the ocean, they don’t pull in to see this. But you can’t help but see,&#8221; he said of Ellis-Gilmore&#8217;s alleged actions. 
Ellis-Gilmore, the alleged public masturbater, has been active in the local Eureka, California, chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for years. Ellis-Gilmore appears to go by several names in the group, including “Novice Sister Bethe Cockhim,” and “Novice Sister Man Romeo,” according to social media posts. 
Pictures on social media place him at numerous events with his husband, Bill Gilmore, who goes by “Saint Gives More” — “Sainthood” in the group is bestowed on only the most dedicated community members. 
Among the Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence events that Ellis-Gilmore participated in was a book reading at an elementary school where a man wearing a mock-nun outfit and Ellis-Gilmore, wearing fake blond braids, a dress, and fishnet tights, read to children.
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“Yesterday sisters had the most magical time reading story books to the Peninsula elementary school kids in recognition of them Studying LGBT awareness month! Thanks for the honor!” a post from October 31, 2018 said. 
The post tagged the Facebook account for “Novice Sister Bethe Cockhim,” an account that appears to be run by Ellis-Gilmore. 
Prior to the event at the school, Ellis-Gilmore and his group had a history of sexually charged posts on social media. One post from the Sisters exhibited two members holding a plastic penis while posts from Ellis-Gilmore showed off his nipple piercing and a cartoon “gay” Smurf illustration that featured erections and pubic hair. 
The event took place at Peninsula Union, a public elementary school in Humboldt County nearby where Ellis-Gilmore was arrested. The school did not respond to a request for comment on the Sisters, and whether it has hosted the group since.
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Ellis-Gilmore’s social media is filled with Satanic and sexual themed posts, including one meme about oral sex featuring a pacifier, a lollipop, an ice cream bar, and a penis with the caption “Shhhhhhhh….it’s ok, you’ve been preparing for this your whole life.” 
Another post features a faux certificate from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence that says “pleasure should be your god, lust your temple, and sex your sacrament&#8221; while another said &#8220;Be gay, hail Satan.&#8221;
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Ellis-Gilmore was charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor on first offense, which according to California penal code can result in six months of prison time, a $1,000 fine, and a requirement to register as a sex offender.

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Quick quiz: Do you think public libraries should promote socialism? Do you think they should host drag queen story time for children? And do you think they should be allowed to discriminate against Christians? If you answered “no” to these questions, the Left-wing media likely thinks you’re a fascist.
The truth, of course, is a lot less sensational and a lot more straightforward. Simply put, progressive activists are using positions of influence and government resources to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marxist-lesbian-president-of-american-library-association-doubles-down-on-agenda-for-a-better-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">push their ideology</a> on the American people. This is especially apparent at the American Library Association (ALA), whose self-described “Marxist” president <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/30/american-library-association-faces-backlash-over-m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wants</a> to turn libraries into spaces of “queerness and difference rather than democracy and citizenship.”
As normal and sane people have noticed this trend, they have begun to push back, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/library-book-ban-association-withdraw-7f5743a9e464433a745697f9111d7f6b">resulting</a> in a slew of withdrawals from the ALA. This “exodus” isn’t about a “conservative book ban,” no matter what the Associated Press claims. This is about Americans not wanting themselves — or their children — to be subjected to Left-wing propaganda.
Critic Dan Kleinman puts it well <a href="https://twitter.com/SexHarassed">when he says</a> the problem with the ALA is that it has “changed from an organization that helped communities and used common sense into one that just promotes a view.” Similarly, Commissioner Diana Finegan of Florida’s Citrus County <a href="https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/county-cuts-funding-to-american-library-association/article_d7211d47-7266-5a9b-b100-97808b237d68.html">states</a>, “[l]ibraries should be educating the public, not indoctrinating.” She explains that the county removed the ALA’s annual fee from its budget because the government “does not need to give … tax dollars to any organization run by a Marxist.”
And there is little doubt that the ALA is using federal tax dollars to do its dirty work. Earlier this year, the organization <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kirk-cameron-american-library-association-cancel-storytime-event">issued guidance</a> to prevent the Christian publishing company Brave Books from hosting events at public libraries. In response, Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and I sent a <a href="https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubioalaletterreligiousdiscrimination/">letter</a> to the Institute of Museum and Library Services demanding an investigation into the ALA’s blatant religious discrimination.
Meanwhile, scandals continue to flow from ALA leadership. On September 2, 2023, President Emily Drabinski <a href="https://karlyn.substack.com/p/exclusive-recording-american-library">attended</a> a socialist presentation on “fugitive pedagogy,” or “how to smuggle socialist ideas like Critical Race Theory into the classroom even when the law outlaws it.” Afterward, Drabinski said that libraries “need … to be a site of socialist organizing.” This is insane, even for a progressive organization.
The ALA’s defenders argue that those who leave the organization threaten “free access to ideas.” They also <a href="https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/it-is-wrong-it-is-so-wrong/article_3a739647-2e12-55cf-a1c5-66c916267b1f.html#:~:text=County%20cuts%20funding%20to%20American,on%20LGBTQ%20materials%2C%20drag%20que%E2%80%A6">call</a> those pushing back on the ALA “Nazis” and warn “that’s exactly how Hitler came to power.” It’s ironic, because the ALA is the censor, and it’s painfully obvious that the movement to abandon it is motivated by a desire for more freedom, not less.
Americans shouldn’t have toxic ideology pushed on them in libraries, just as they shouldn’t have it pushed on them in schools. Unless the ALA apologizes for its appalling behavior and corrects its course immediately, withholding membership dues is probably the sanest thing public officials can do.
Senator Marco Rubio represents the state of Florida and sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oklahoma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oklahoma&#8217;s</a> top education official said Thursday that an elementary school principal who performs as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag queen</a> and faced previous child pornography charges should be fired. 
Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/oklahoma-official-uimaginable-elementary-school-hired-principal-secret-drag-queen-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News that Western Heights School District should fire John Glenn Elementary School Principal Shane Murnan, a drag queen who reportedly goes by the name &#8220;Shantel Mandalay.” Walters, who <a href="https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-education-teachers-superintendent-walters-c5c55e473eaeb0c94545c8ae5753149a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaigned</a> on getting critical theory and gender theory out of the classroom, said that Murnan should be terminated &#8220;immediately.&#8221;
“It&#8217;s outrageous to have a drag queen running a school, you know, here in Oklahoma that doesn&#8217;t line up with Oklahoma values,&#8221; Walters told Fox. &#8220;I hear from parents every day that are concerned with this woke left-wing indoctrination or schools, this gender theory that continues to be thrust upon our kids. It&#8217;s completely inappropriate.&#8221; 
As a drag queen, Murnan has participated in story hours at the public library and worked at Oklahoma City gay bar “The Boom,” according to Facebook posts. 
&#8220;I think that the Left has absolutely an agenda for our kids, that they are at war with our kids in the classroom,&#8221; Walters said. &#8220;What they are doing is injecting this ideology for an end goal here. Their end goal is to absolutely break down a child&#8217;s mind, break down the classroom, break down the family, and you see the results that have come from this. They want kids to turn on their parents and only listen to their leftist ideology.&#8221; 
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Shane is a drag queen who performs for children and reads books about gender to kids while dressed in drag.
Shane was also previously arrested on child porn charges.
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&#8220;No parent wants to send their kids to school knowing that they could be exposed to this radical gender theory in any capacity. This woke war on our kids has to stop,” Walters added. “We will not allow our kids to be part of their radical-Left game for pushing ideology and furthering their end goal, which is creating social justice warriors instead of students that understand how education is a path for success for them.”
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The child pornography charges that Murnan faced back in the early 2000s were reportedly dismissed after a judge ruled that prosecutors could not prove that he had possessed the illicit materials. Court records show that Oklahoma investigators say that they had obtained deleted child pornography images they said were possessed by Murnan, according to The Oklahoman. 
“Defense attorney Frank Muret argued that since Murnan had deleted the images from his computer, the state couldn&#8217;t prove he was in possession of it. Worthington granted the defense&#8217;s motion to dismiss based on that argument,” The Oklahoman <a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/08/14/prosecutors-wont-appeal-porn-ruling/62084184007/">reported</a>. 
The school responded to the re-surfaced charges, saying that they had been dismissed and pointing to the fact that the record of the charges has been expunged.

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Washington state paid a group of drag queens and transgender activists thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds to teach government employees how to “fight for trans liberation,” according to public records and video obtained by The Daily Wire.
The nearly 2-hour long presentation, titled “Drag Story Hour and Fireside Chat,” featured several activists from Drag Story Hour, which hosts events where men in drag read to children at libraries and schools, as well as the Trans Formations Project, an activist group that fights what it calls &#8220;anti-trans&#8221; legislation, including bills that defend children from irreversible medical interventions that seek to change their sex.
Drag Story Hour was paid $5,000 to participate in the event, which was part of the Washington State Office of Financial Management&#8217;s &#8220;Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Empowerment Conference,&#8221; according to a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/08/K4124-Drag-Story-2023-DEI-Conf-Speaker-Executed-05.11.2023.pdf">contract</a> obtained by The Daily Wire.
The talk focused on political activism, community organizing, and the role that &#8220;allies&#8221; should play in the &#8220;fight for trans liberation,&#8221; according to exclusive video of the presentation. Ace Sutherland, a New York City-based <a href="https://www.transformationsproject.org/about">board member for Trans Formations Project</a>, told the government employees that it wanted to &#8220;direct&#8221; the government on how to help in the fight.
&#8220;My message is to make sure that you reach out directly to those who are directly impacted, much like you’re doing today, to ask us how you can help us in our fight for queer and trans liberation,&#8221; Ace Sutherland, a New York City-based board member for Trans Formations Project. &#8220;We know what we want, and we don’t need anyone speaking over us or for us. We have a voice for ourselves and we will direct you on how to best advocate on our behalf.&#8221;
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Drag Story Hour Executive Director Johnathan Hamilt, who reads to children while <a href="https://www.publichealthpost.org/profiles/jonathan-hamilt-performing-public-health/">wearing drag</a>, offered attendees specific ways that they could support Drag Story Hour through activism. He discussed an instance where demonstrators protested a drag story hour event and they had “a wall of trans women protecting the drag performer,” but said his group needs &#8220;cis white&#8221; people to talk to the police and protestors for it.
&#8220;We shouldn’t have trans lives on the line,&#8221; Hamilt said. &#8220;We need that cis white barrier to talk to the police, to face these people, they should be in between us.”
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Sutherland also said she wanted the state employees to talk to friends and family about “trans liberation,” arguing that they&#8217;re not really friends if they don&#8217;t embrace radical gender ideas.
“If your friends are not on the same path as you, they are not your friends,” Sutherland said.
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Founder and Executive Director of the Trans Formations Project Alex Petrovina used the taxpayer-funded forum to ask Washington state employees to donate to the 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, providing the attendees with a donation link, QR code, and a way to donate by text.
“You can see we are currently doing a fundraiser, we are, as I said earlier, an entirely volunteer-run organization, which unfortunately is not the most sustainable method of working,” Petrovina said. &#8220;Supporting us in this would mean the world and allow us to continue doing the work but not only do the work but do the work more sustainably and protect our people.”
“Donate to the Trans Formations Project to support our legislation and representative tracking work, and work towards trans justice,” a fundraising plea inside the presentation said, alongside the hashtag “PrideInTransJustice.”
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Petrovina later went on to urge state employees to use their influence in the government to bolster the transgender movement.
“I also just want to add that as government employees you have more power than you may think you do. You have influence over people’s lives, you have influence over policies, you have influence over how policies are implemented.”
“You need to be intentional and you need to be conscious of doing it through a lens of inclusivity,” Petrovina said.
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Hamilt told The Daily Wire that this was the first time that Drag Story Hour had partnered with Washington State, but that the group &#8220;had amazing feedback and gratitude from the event and looking forward to working with them again soon.&#8221;
The Trans Formations Project did not respond to a request for comment.

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An Alabama public library reversed its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alabama-library-cancels-moms-for-liberty-kirk-cameron-faith-filled-story-hour-event-after-hundreds-rsvp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision to cancel</a> a Moms for Liberty book reading event featuring actor Kirk Cameron and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines. It will now allow it to take place on Saturday. 
The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library System announced Wednesday that the Madison Public Library could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300, <a href="https://www.hmcpl.org/sites/default/files/images/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">citing</a> concerns about security and capacity. After backlash and a letter from law firm First Liberty Institute, the library system reverted back to allowing the event, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/alabama-library-caves-brave-books-kirk-cameron-stand-up-attempt-deny-americans-venue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m happy to announce that Madison Public Library has reversed course and are now rightfully inviting us to come host the story hour for the community in Huntsville,&#8221; said Brave Books CEO Trent Talbot. 
&#8220;We must stand our ground and fight for our public institutions,” he added. “The foe we fail to meet at the gate in our own generation is the foe we let into the city for the next.&#8221;
The event, held by publishing company Brave Books, is part of a “See You at the Library” national tour in nearly 300 libraries in 45 states. After Cameron announced on social media that he would attend, protesters threatened to crash the event. 
As more people began expressing interest in attending, the library asked if the organizers needed additional space to accommodate a larger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from a group out of Birmingham, they were advised to move the event to a private location. But the organization stayed firm on its position to hold the event in the public space.
Brave Books immediately challenged the decision to cancel the event, and law firm First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the library system, stating it was &#8220;prepared to vindicate this violation of our client’s civil rights in court,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/alabama-library-caves-brave-books-kirk-cameron-stand-up-attempt-deny-americans-venue">reported</a>. Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart previously told The Daily Wire they disagreed with how the library system and the Madison City Police Department wanted to address the safety concerns.
“It was a directive on how to manage our group and not the protesters,” Jones, the organization’s Madison County chapter chair, said. “To me, that just indicates that [the police chief] is not interested in making this event go well. He wants it to go away.”
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The event, led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,” seeks to allow conservative Christian families to meet at public libraries around the country as an alternative to the controversial drag queen story hours targeting children.
Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled to appear at the Madison County event, but Jones said she received a separate email earlier this week stating that the two national conservative celebrities planned to attend.
“I freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted and kind of did a happy dance,” she said.
The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention to the event.
“The response was overwhelming,” Jones said.
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Join me this Saturday, August 5th, for the first National &#39;See You at the Library’ day with thousands of faithful Americans for a day of singing, praying, and reading.
I will be visiting 3 libraries with <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BraveBooksUS</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>:
1. TENNESSEE: We will be at the… <a href="https://t.co/N9fK2EirAz">pic.twitter.com/N9fK2EirAz</a>
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Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

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Alabama Library Reverses Decision After Canceling Kirk Cameron, Riley Gaines Faith-Filled Story Hour Event

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Two days after actor Kirk Cameron and former NCAA champion swimmer Riley Gaines announced that they would be appearing at a faith-filled story hour hosted by the conservative political organization Moms for Liberty at the Madison Public Library in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a>, the event was abruptly canceled after months of planning.
Citing a capacity limit, the library&#8217;s public relations director Jay Hixon said in a <a href="https://www.hmcpl.org/sites/default/files/images/Moms%20for%20Liberty%20event%20exceeds%20capacity%20for%20Madison%20Public%20Library%208_3_23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> that the public space could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300 following the announcement from conservative influencers Cameron and Gaines, which also sparked threats from protestors about 80 miles south of Madison County.
But Moms for Liberty organizers Emily Jones and Elizabeth Stewart told The Daily Wire they&#8217;re not buying the official narrative from the 200-year-old countywide library system and the Madison City Police Department.
&#8220;It was a directive on how to manage our group and not the protesters,&#8221; Jones, the organization&#8217;s Madison County chapter chair, said. &#8220;To me, that just indicates that [the police chief] is not interested in making this event go well. He wants it to go away.&#8221;
Two months ago, Jones said the grassroots parent group that advocates against school curricula teaching identity politics to children &#8212; including LGBT rights and Critical Race Theory &#8212; received notice from BRAVE Books publishing company looking to hold a story hour event in the southern state during its &#8220;See You at the Library&#8221; national tour taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.
The event is led by Cameron, star of the 1980s sitcom &#8220;Growing Pains,&#8221; to allow conservative Christian families to meet at public libraries around the country on August 5 as an alternative to controversial children&#8217;s drag queen events, the company said on X.
Cameron and Gaines were not originally scheduled to appear at the Madison County event. But of the many locations booked on the tour, Jones said she received a separate email earlier this week stating that the two national conservative celebrities planned to attend.
&#8220;I freaked out on Elizabeth and shouted and kind of did a happy dance,&#8221; she said.
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The organization and Cameron shared the news on social media, drawing more attention to the event.
&#8220;The response was overwhelming,&#8221; Jones said.
As more people began expressing interest in attending, Jones said the library reached out and asked if the organizers needed additional space to hold a bigger crowd. They initially declined, suggesting holding the event outside. However, after local law enforcement confirmed threats of protests from a group out of Birmingham, they were advised to move the event to a private location. But the organization stayed firm on its position to still hold the event in the public space.
&#8220;This is intended to be at a library and put traditional values back into the library, so we&#8217;re sticking there,&#8221; Jones said.
After several exchanges, the library ultimately said they would no longer support the event out of safety concerns and suggested finding a new location without providing other alternative solutions, including directing library staff to operate on a suggested first-come, first-serve basis.
&#8220;My personal opinion is they really don&#8217;t want this event to happen,&#8221; Stewart, the communications lead for the organization&#8217;s first and largest chapter in North Alabama, said.
Stewart said the group has been monitoring social media accounts on TikTok and Reddit threads of far-left protesters who planned to travel to Madison and hold protests outside the story hour event. Some have indicated they would display banned books in the parking lot, while others suggested they would show up dressed in drag attire in front of the children.
When tour organizers first approached Moms for Liberty to host the children&#8217;s event, Jones said they were reluctant due to other obligations. But after a couple of weeks, she said God put it on her heart to move forward with the event in the wake of drag queen story events popping up nationwide in recent years, including at the <a href="https://www.mymuskokanow.com/92605/news/drag-queen-story-time-a-success-for-huntsville-library/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madison Public Library</a>.
&#8220;We have family-friendly drag shows 20 minutes from my house,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have kid drag shows, meaning kids are dressing in drag on full display — and I think that God put this in front of us because he hears the cry of our community, our churches, and our leaders to step up and push back on them.&#8221;
&#8220;So I think God did the next best thing and turned to the moms and said, &#8216;Make it happen,'&#8221; she added.
BRAVE Books recently obtained evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association (ALA) has allegedly been guiding libraries nationwide to thwart conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries. According to the publishing company, a director with the national association suggested how libraries could block public meeting rooms from events like Cameron&#8217;s tour to use under the pretext of the space already being taken for other activities.
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🚨 1/ BREAKING: We have obtained exclusive evidence that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association <a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ALALibrary</a> is circulating guidance to sabotage conservative or Christian parent groups from gathering in public libraries on August 5th. One ALA director gave suggestions on… <a href="https://t.co/iBqwIChNhJ">pic.twitter.com/iBqwIChNhJ</a>
&mdash; BRAVE BOOKS (@BraveBooksUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BraveBooksUS/status/1673326562035265537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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After the company posted the leaked recordings on social media, Republican Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) in demanding an investigation into ALA&#8217;s alleged religious discrimination against BRAVE Books.
&#8220;To the contrary, the ALA is advancing a political agenda, not Brave Books. Further, the ALA is doing so while receiving federal funds and actively promoting hotly contested events in public libraries, including &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hours&#8217; – events aimed at having scantily and/or exotically clothed adults read to children with the goal of introducing them to sexualized topics. The ALA has an entire page dedicated to &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hour,&#8217; which includes a program session labeled &#8216;Reading Fabulously,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-demand-investigation-into-alas-religious-discrimination-against-brave-books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> the senators.
First Liberty Institute, the law firm representing Cameron and Brave Books, sent a letter to the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C., asking the federal agency to &#8220;open an investigation into whether the American Library Association has violated federal law protecting religious liberty and failed to comply with the assurances of nondiscrimination required as a federal grant recipient,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/kirk-cameron-seeks-investigation-of-american-library-association.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Christian Post</a>.
An ALA spokesperson told the outlet, in part, &#8220;Publicly funded libraries are not obligated to provide meeting room space to the public.&#8221;
&#8220;If libraries choose to do so, such spaces are considered designated public forums, and legal precedent holds that libraries may not exclude any group based on the subject matter to be discussed or the ideas for which the group advocates,&#8221; the spokesperson continued, adding the association has been &#8220;very clear that, just like all other policies, library policies regarding meeting rooms should not be prejudicial or discriminatory&#8221; and should follow what it considers &#8220;a reasonable content and viewpoint policy&#8221; that protects library users and staff from &#8220;harassment.&#8221;
&#8220;[R]ather, they must be inclusive and follow a reasonable content and viewpoint policy that benefits all members, as well as &#8216;user behavior policies that protect library users and staff from harassment, while maintaining their historic support for the freedom of speech,'&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;Any statement or suggestion that ALA has advised otherwise is incorrect and intentionally misleading.&#8221;
First Liberty attorney Jeremy Dys, who is representing the Alabama Moms for Liberty chapter, called the cancellation an &#8220;unconstitutional religious discrimination&#8221; in a letter to the Huntsville-Madison County Libraries, adding that if Madison Public Library continues to refuse space for the event, attorneys are &#8220;prepared to vindicate this violation of our client&#8217;s civil rights in court.&#8221;
But for parents nationwide, such as Jones and Stewart, who observe foundational institutions exiling Christian conservatives out of the public square while openly embracing &#8220;evil societal norms&#8221; taking precedence in the United States, they are more encouraged than ever to take their fight on a national level and bring revival back into the communities.
&#8220;This does not go away with one story hour,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;This is a generational fight for the safety and welfare of our children, and we&#8217;ve got to start taking action.&#8221;

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Alabama Library Cancels Moms for Liberty, Kirk Cameron Faith-Filled Story Hour Event After Hundreds RSVP

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-talks-boycotts-new-book-and-slams-pride-month-celebrations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron</a> talked about Conservatives and Christians wading into the culture battle &#8212; and pushing back on the woke agenda being forced on their kids &#8212; ahead of a faith-based story hour event taking place across the country this Saturday from Brave books.
The 52-year-old actor spoke to The Daily Wire on Tuesday about both the positive response and pushback he and his publisher have seen for their National See You At The Library Day 2023, taking place in nearly 300 libraries and 45 states across the country.
Cameron said tens of thousands of people are expected at his events, as well as other Brave authors&#8217; story hours hosted by influential people like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swim-champ-riley-gaines-drops-shocking-claims-about-lia-thomas-on-crain-co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Gaines</a>, Sheriff Mark Lamb, David Harris Jr., and more. He said he will personally be in three libraries in three states in one day &#8212; surprising hosts in Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas &#8212; to read one of his books with the company. He recently released &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Comes-Before-Freedom-Island/dp/1955550395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DP8KJXAYV4Y8&amp;keywords=pride+comes+before+the+fall+kirk+cameron&amp;qid=1690919493&amp;sprefix=Pride+comes+%2Caps%2C169&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pride Comes Before The Fall</a>,&#8221; and previously &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=as+you+grow+book&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA6fafBhC1ARIsAIJjL8lzWzAA-VXOAJxZE3swDeSSlJo22BHZy-6TEwUjvUUfU0SFiXMuY9gaAudNEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=323067330915&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9031869&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=205687976781233372&amp;hvtargid=kwd-462106938386&amp;hydadcr=22535_10344669&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_1znpx9gz5f_b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As You Grow</a>&#8221; with Brave books.
The &#8220;Lifemark&#8221; star stressed that the event isn&#8217;t a Kirk story hour and instead praised Christians and Conservatives, who he said have been &#8220;vilified&#8221; and &#8220;demonized&#8221; by the Left, for taking the spark he and Brave started by demanding a seat at the table.
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We are thrilled that there are now over 200 BRAVE Story hours, happening in libraries across the country on August 5! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We are still looking for hosts in the following states:
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If… <a href="https://t.co/zLDDdE8cm4">pic.twitter.com/zLDDdE8cm4</a>
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&#8220;This isn&#8217;t Kirk out there doing a story hour at a library, these are American patriots,&#8221; Cameron said. &#8220;I think this is a real tangible moment for people to see in America and those outside America that are looking at what a mess America is in right now, morally, politically, and spiritually.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not just a bunch of talking heads battling about ideas,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But parents who are now fully engaged for the hearts and minds of their children, thus the future of our country in the public square contending for the ideas that will produce the results of the future. Conservatives and people of faith want a seat at the table.&#8221;
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&#8220;They don&#8217;t like being marginalized and vilified. Well, on August 5, we have a seat at the table and the Left is going to feel the weight of that,&#8221; Cameron continued, noting how Christians are taking a page out of the Left&#8217;s handbook in this fight.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cameron</a> focused on the response from communities instead of the critics, and said they have received so much support from numerous organizations, churches, various libraries, boards, politicians, families, state governors, pastors, mayors, and more who took it upon themselves to host their own story hours when more well-known names canceled due to protestors.
Recently, Brave books and Cameron spoke about the pushback they have gotten from protestors and some libraries. He also talked about video they obtained of the American Library Association (ALA) explaining to other libraries how they could &#8220;block families&#8221; who want to host these story hours, while &#8220;simultaneously hosting and funding Drag Queen story hours.&#8221;
The &#8220;Growing Pains&#8221; star praised politicians like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who the publisher said sent a letter to the IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) calling for an investigation into the ALA and their apparent use of taxpayer dollars to silence BRAVE Books, a release read.
More information about Saturday&#8217;s event and Brave story hours can be found <a href="https://bravebooks.us/pages/bb-story-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kirk-cameron-reacts-to-library-harassment-at-faith-based-story-hour-says-lefts-playing-the-long-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirk Cameron Reacts To Library Harassment At Faith-Based Story Hour, Says Left’s Playing The Long Game</a>

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Kirk Cameron Talks Conservatives, Christians Wading Into Culture Battle Ahead Of National Faith-Based Story Hour Event

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Counter-protesters appeared to shove and spray paint <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholic-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> students while they demonstrated against so-called drag queen story hours and the sexualization of children on Monday.
Students with TFP Student Action, a Catholic activist group, stood outside the Art Institute of Chicago holding signs with messages such as “Honk! Stop Promoting LGBT Lifestyle to Kids.” The demonstration received a mixed reaction from bystanders, according to video of the protest that TFP Student Action put out on Thursday.
“I strongly, strongly support what you guys are standing for,” said one woman, who identified herself as a math teacher. “People have different opinions, they don’t even want to talk about it. They just call you names.”
Another man walking by with a dog called one of the students a “hateful bigot.” “You&#8217;re living in a dream world,” the man said.
Another woman approached the group to tell them to not &#8220;spread hate” and appeared to grab the camera of one of the protesters who was filming. “Spread the hate, it’s lovely,” she said later while walking away. “I’m very glad I’m being taped, spread the hate.”
The protest continued with the students saying slogans such as “biology is not bigotry” and “innocence is a God-given right.” At one point, a counter-protester arrived with a bullhorn: “Drag queen story time is f***ing harmless. Grow the f*** up.”
Another counter-protester, a woman with red hair, disrupted some of the students praying the Rosary. “LGBT rights are human rights,” she yelled. “You guys are bigots.”
Later in the day, the red-haired woman returned to the protest with a can of spray paint. She allegedly sprayed the students’ signs as they attempted to drive her off. During the scrum, she allegedly sprayed students and a teacher. Several of the protesters had paint on their clothes after the incident.
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The woman left before police officers arrived. One of the protesters can be heard in the video saying that they wanted to press assault charges against the woman.
Rex Teodosio, the leader of the TFP group, said he was hit in the face with the spray paint and his eyes “burned for about six hours,” according to a <a href="https://tfpstudentaction.org/media/videos/lgbt-advocates-attack-peaceful-pro-family-event-paint-hit-me-in-the-eyes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
“Getting hit in the face with spray paint is not pleasant. My eyes are stinging, inflamed and bloodshot,” Teodosio said. “The attacker yelled ‘bigot’ and ‘hater’ as she destroyed our signs and ruined our clothes with paint &#8212; she played the victim as she committed the crime. But the sacrifice is all worth it because I know I’m building a culture that protects the innocence of children and shields them from grooming and corruption.”
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WATCH: Catholic Group Protesting Drag Queen Story Hour Attacked, Hit With Spray Paint

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A pair of drag performers debated the definition of woman and whether <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-colorado-elementary-schools-dei-groups-teamed-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-hour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drag queen story hours</a> at public libraries are appropriate for kids Friday in the latest episode of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-pool-praises-matt-walsh-for-the-attention-hes-brought-to-the-transgender-issue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Pool&#8217;s</a> &#8220;Culture War&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKoeMuuz5f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>.
Maebe A. Girl, a transgender-identifying male who in 2019 became the nation&#8217;s first drag queen elected to a public office, defended drag for kids against Kitty &#8220;Hogatha&#8221; DeMure, who has been one of the sole voices in the drag community talking about the dangers of drag to kids after going viral when he asked in a video, &#8220;Why do drag queens need to read to kids?&#8221;
Things got heated on the show when Pool posed the eponymous question popularized in The Daily Wire&#8217;s groundbreaking 2022 documentary, &#8220;<a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=CqB6JuKSxZNb4Koe5mgTJ9InwDI2q3YFxlpTe04sR0tLezrIyCAAQASC5VGDJpt6M4KTQFKABkvTujgPIAQHIA9ggqgRfT9ApBeK6Vb-qwrKcyeFuq7WuOG4SdXTyjcUwls4P8qNGkTMd32fTbnloJWpO5zCNNupMZoHwPRW16uShkP6dFvstcz-Eo6pljh0npng7gnrujpp2ISM9W_KsLCbH1o7ABL3er8maBIAFkE6IBY2SvrJJoAZmgAfWi5FxiAcBkAcBqAemvhuoB7ytsQKoB7mrsQKoB7masQKoB_PRG6gH7tIbqAf_nLECqAfK3BuoB5KvsQKoB7uksQKoB9imsQKoB9uqsQKoB9CqsQKoB9ywsQKgCMCPpgSwCAHSCB0QAiCEAzIEg-CADjoIwsCAgICABAJCAQRI0ezzKpoJKGh0dHBzOi8vZ2V0LmRhaWx5d2lyZS5jb20vd2lhdy9zdWJzY3JpYmWxCY-hEu1QFLI2uQmPoRLtUBSyNvgJAZgLAaoMAggBuAwB2gwICgMggAESAQLoDAaqDQJVU4IUHggCEhpkYWlseSB3aXJlIHdoYXQgaXMgYSB3b21hbogUA8gUk5G8t6zFk7Yq0BUBmBYB-BYBgBcBkhcJEgcIARADGIMC4BcC&amp;ae=2&amp;ved=2ahUKEwij3cX9-Y6AAxWkSzABHc-xCDIQ0Qx6BAgNEAE&amp;nis=2&amp;dct=1&amp;cid=CAASFORorymOXPtAJ2eRolR2pXkEq_JT&amp;dblrd=1&amp;sival=AF15MEBygqmSS-peyERjEAoaFayWY6MHl5EzGq8Jl5Hq_IIJu-wHS6tKYWkOr483GSJ96P1pq49EczGEFCMVFJD3J-thHHGlW9Crvfqd8ItHCZNjECorKtT1Ao7AUGD_3xrcSH2tohVeSzms6OftNtnTJK-v8vMOkQJLF_c-7rapIxHSr1Wk5R_d3n5k_UbE3RzuWKxntG8d&amp;sig=AOD64_1YGLNSHa2WHIAw1oAVvcIc-ly_8Q&amp;adurl=https://get.dailywire.com/wiaw/subscribe%3Futm_campaign%3Dwiaw%26utm_medium%3Dpaid%26utm_source%3Dgooglesearch%26utm_content%3Dna_subscriptions%26mid%3Dg%26cid%3Dwiaw%26xid%3D0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Is A Woman?</a>&#8221; Girl, who was elected to the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council in Los Angeles four years ago, equivocated while Demure dropped the mic.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m qualified to answer that because I don&#8217;t think that there&#8217;s a singular answer,&#8221; Girl replied. &#8220;And I think it goes back into this idea that I was talking about earlier that so many people view the world through this binary lens of you are either this or that.&#8221;
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&#8220;You&#8217;re a man or a woman,&#8221; Girl added. &#8220;But the idea of a man and a woman is actually so expansive, and there is so much opportunity and nuance in between. And I think it&#8217;s up to the individual to decide &#8230; I think this idea that we have to have this definition of what is a woman I think it&#8217;s counterproductive &#8230; and meant to be transphobic.&#8221;
When Pool pressed Girl to define &#8220;female,&#8221; the drag queen official said &#8220;female would be the end of this binary that society has created.&#8221;
DeMure replied that every &#8220;drag queen can tell you what a woman is if they are being honest.&#8221;
&#8220;A woman does not have a penis, because drag queens tuck their penises,&#8221; DeMure said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen one drag queen in all of my years of pageants have a bulge.&#8221;
&#8220;A woman is a human that is born with a vagina and has the capability of reproducing and giving birth, whether they can do it or not,&#8221; DeMure continued. &#8220;They have the anatomy for it. To me, that&#8217;s what a woman is. And we all know it.&#8221;
The pair also disagreed about drag queen story hour at libraries, with DeMure calling them inappropriate and suggesting that kids would rather have their parents read to them.
But Girl said it wasn&#8217;t &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; for children, and defended drag community as not a &#8220;monolith.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe that there are appropriate interactions for particular situations,&#8221; Girl said. &#8220;And I agree we shouldn&#8217;t have kids at drag shows that are taking place at night clubs, which is not happening.&#8221;
Girl disputed claims that drag performers read sexually explicit books at the events, saying &#8220;99 percent of the time&#8221; the books drag queens read to kids are age-appropriate.
But Girl acknowledged that some performers have gone too far at drag queen story hours.
&#8220;And unfortunately, that reflects on the whole community,&#8221; Girl said.
DeMure said he&#8217;s part of a tiny minority of drag performers speaking out against exposing children to drag.
&#8220;If we were going to expose children to this, why is it going to be a drag queen with their legs spread open reading to kids about hey maybe you’re a girl, maybe you’re a boy?&#8221; he wondered. &#8220;It’s like there&#8217;s no PR or head of the LGBTQ ink that is managing these things.&#8221;
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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colorado" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado</a> health clinic that works with autistic children allegedly held a Drag Story Hour earlier this month, which included “age appropriate” performances by five drag artists.
The Daily Signal first <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/20/exclusive-colorado-health-clinic-promoted-drag-story-hour-to-kids-with-autism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Seven Dimensions Behavioral Health, a state-licensed day treatment program that uses Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy primarily used for patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), sent an email in May to parents advertising the controversial event that was scheduled on June 10.
In the email addressed to “7D Families,” the clinic promoted a “June Make Up” event in the facility’s Evergreen Clinic, asking parents to fill out an attached permission form if their child planned on attending the Drag Strory Hour.
“This is a drag story hour that will include a mix of stories/activities and age appropriate performances by 5 drag artists,” the email continued, which allegedly included performers named Sunni Delight, Brennan Sexyback, August Celestial, Jaques Strapp, and JustinN’Out.
“There will be 3 stories and two activities: Auntie Uncle-Drag Queen Here, The Girl Who Thought In Pictures Thought in Pictures, If You’re a Kid Like Gavin, Parachute party and freeze dance. Parachute party includes a rainbow parachute that the kids hold onto making the parachute go up and down and/or the kids go under the parachute while RBTs wiggle the parachute for the kids,” the email continued.
RBTs, or Registered Behavior Technicians, are certified professionals licensed to provide direct, one-on-one therapy to children with autism using ABA therapy.
The national parental rights group Parents Defending Education (PDE) first obtained the email.
“Rather than upholding its oath to ‘do no harm,’ this clinic is betraying the trust of families in need who have come to them for help,” PDE President Nicole Neily told The Daily Signal. “It is unconscionable that medical providers would target programming at a vulnerable population.”
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PDE submitted a public records request to Jeffco Public Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado, to investigate if the health clinic had a formal agreement with the district, according to The Daily Signal. The outlet reported a contract does exist between the two institutions that end on June 30, 2023.
“‘That contract states that their payment for &#8216;special educational and related services in Out-of-District placement&#8217; is &#8216;not to exceed $250,000 for all Orders in any Contract Term,’” the outlet reported.
Children and adolescents on the autism spectrum are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-k-s-largest-pediatric-gender-clinic-ignored-autism-connection-in-teens-seeking-sex-changes-new-book-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disproportionately represented</a> among the large, newly emerging cohort of children claiming to be transgender. Over the past 10 years, there have been at least <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/zhanavrangalova/2017/11/15/growing-evidence-for-a-link-between-gender-dysphoria-and-autism-spectrum-disorders/?sh=6e3f4479153e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine studies</a> connecting ASD and transgender identities. Rates of autistic traits in these studies range from 5% to 54% among those with gender dysphoria, significantly higher than among the general population.
Some researchers believe the percentage of young girls with autism who believe they’re experiencing gender dysphoria is actually higher, and that many females who have autism go undiagnosed. Up until recently, autism was considered a “boy’s diagnosis,” affecting males-to-females by a ratio of 4-to-1. Experts now believe that girls’ autistic traits present differently, which may require a separate diagnostic criteria to detect.
Data from the now-shuttered Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the U.K.’s Tavistock Centre found that autistic adolescents were significantly overrepresented in the population of referrals to the clinic. Pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass was commissioned to conduct a <a href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cass-Review-Interim-Report-Final-Web-Accessible.pdfhttps://cass.independent-review.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cass-Review-Interim-Report-Final-Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> of the services provided by the National Health Service and investigate why there has been such a huge rise in the number of adolescent biological girls seeking referrals to gender clinics.
In March, The Daily Caller News Foundation <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/03/12/horrifying-huge-proportion-of-children-pursuing-gender-transitions-are-actually-autistic-experts-believe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> an alarming link between children with autism and the transgender population. Research reported by the outlet showed people who identify as transgender are three to six times more likely to be autistic.
Dr. Susan Bradley, a Canadian psychiatrist who began working with gender dysphoric children in the 1970s, told the outlet that medical industry professionals have been exploiting children with high-functioning autism by convincing them they are transgender.
“When somebody happens to mention that, you know, they’re trans or they hear about trans kids and go online, even if all they do is say, ‘I wonder if I’m trans,’ a lot of these kids are automatically accepted. ‘Well, you must be trans if you’ve even thought about that.’ And for them, that is a very helpful reaction, because all of a sudden, they feel as though that explains all of the trouble all the way along,” Bradley told the DCNF.
 Christina Buttons contributed to this report.

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Colorado Health Clinic Invited Children With Autism To Drag Story Hour: Report

Autistic Children At Colorado Health Clinic Invited To Drag Story Hour: Report

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Republicans in Montana have taken a strong stand against drag queens reading books to children, banning the practice at libraries and schools.
Republican governor Greg Gianforte signed Montana HB 359 on Monday; over half of the state legislature cosponsored the bill, which bars minors from attending sexually oriented shows.
“A school or library that receives any form of funding from the state may not allow a sexually oriented performance or drag story hour &#8230; on its premises during regular operating hours or at any school-sanctioned extracurricular activity,” the bill <a href="https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billhtml/HB0359.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>, adding that a minor who attended such a performance “may bring an action against a person who knowingly promotes, conducts, or participates as a performer in the performance. The minor&#8217;s parent or legal guardian may bring an action in the name of the minor for an action commenced under this section.”
“In my humble opinion, there&#8217;s no such thing as a ‘family-friendly’ drag show,” the bill&#8217;s sponsor, Republican Rep. Braxton Mitchell, <a href="https://montanafreepress.org/2023/02/23/montana-republicans-advance-drag-ban-for-public-spaces-near-minors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in April, adding that he sponsored the bill “because drag shows in recent years have been specifically aimed at children.” He also stated that drag queens reading to children were part of a “sick agenda” and drag shows were “damaging to a child’s psychology and general welfare.”
In signing the bill, Gianforte commented that he believed it was “wildly inappropriate for little kids, especially preschoolers and kids in elementary school, to be exposed to sexualized content.”
The bill passed the Republican-controlled House in a 66-33 vote in February. Democrat Minority Leader Kim Abbott <a href="https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/drag-ban-bill-for-public-places-schools-and-libraries-moves-through-legislature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>, “I’m going to object today every time we’re equating a drag performance to sexualizing children. And I just want the body to know that we can do it all day long.”
Democrats attempted to amend the bill and replace references to “drag” with “adult-oriented performance.”  Mitchell said the Democrats’ amendment “completely derails the intent of the legislation” while pushing for the motion to be defeated, which it was in a 58-42 vote.
Drag queens reading at libraries has been pushed for years; as far back as 2016 San Francisco-based <a href="http://www.radarproductions.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RADAR Productions</a> and New York-based <a href="http://www.feministpress.org/drag-queen-story-hour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feminist Press</a> teamed up to bring “Drag Queen Story Hour” to life.
 “DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity in childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,” explained the campaign&#8217;s YouTube promotional video. “In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, and where dress-up is real.”

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Montana Bans Drag Queens Reading To Kids At Libraries, Schools

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