LGBTQ activists “shielded” children attending a Pride Month Family Story Time event from far-right elements yelling homophobic and transphobic slurs by placing themselves in between the anti-LGBTQ protesters and families attending the event.On June 26.
the Roy and Helen Hall Library in McKinney, Texas, was hosting the event which promised to include reading from “Pride-positive” books, singing familiar songs, and social time where children would be able to play with toys and color.
The event was primarily intended for families with preschool-aged children headed by LGBTQ couples, although it was open to the public to attend.The event was well-advertised on social media, catching the notice of several right-wing, anti-LGBTQ groups — including the Proud Boys, a neofascist group that has been accused of espousing white supremacist ideas, the Three Percenters, an American militia group that protests “big government,” and socially conservative activists outraged by the idea of exposing children to the LGBTQ movement — rallied outside the library and began heckling attendees.“They started kind of saying different things, calling us groomers, pedophiles.
They were fat-shaming people, they were calling other women whores and just horrible things,” a counter-protester told BuzzFeed News. “You could tell that they wanted to incite some type of violence.
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