Orlando LGBTQ center cancels drag queen story hour over Neo-Nazi threats

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Source: Click/Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – Threats from Neo-Nazis have forced an LGBTQ community center in Orlando to cancel a planned “Drag Queen Story Hour” event for this weekend.

The LGBTQ Center on Mills Avenue announced the cancellation and notified the public about the threats on Facebook.

“We take these threats very seriously and would not want to endanger or expose children and their parents and guardians to bigotry and hate,” The Center said in its post. “We have the support of so many in our community including law enforcement, but as much as we would like to continue this fun-loving, innocent event, we feel that the safety of our community is our number one concern.”

State Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, said the Anti-Defamation League alerted her office about the threats. Ben Popp, an investigative researcher from the ADL, says threats against drag queen reading events are a national trend.

Read more: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/10/25/orlando-lgbtq-center-cancels-drag-queen-story-hour-over-neo-nazi-threats/

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[reymega life]

1. neo nazis

the hosts need to over come the bullying and just host the shows that way the terrorist don't win.

[JI7]

2. They need to make sure they have enough security to keep people safe also .

[vercetti2021]

3. Damn motherfuckers

Should have and have armed liberals standing outside to protect them. Can't give in to these fucking man babies

[The Grand Illuminist]

13. Where were those brave people who guarded an event in Roanoke, Tx?

nt

[MissMillie]

4. I seriously don't understand

The books and the males in dresses are a bigger threat than the Nazis?

[Chainfire]

5. The difference in a Democrat and a Republican is that I never had any desire to go to a drag queen

show, so I didn't. Republicans, on the other hand, want to make sure that no one goes to the show, and that the artist are intimidated and threatened with violence.

[tanyev]

7. Exactly. There's a book on the library shelf you don't want your kid to read?

Fine, tell your kid he or she is not allowed to read it. Don't go after the school or library to force them to take it off the shelf so no kid can read it. Jeez.

[RobinA]

11. Well, Isn't This The Heart

of the abortion debate? Don't believe in abortion? Don't have one. What could be more obvious.

[The Wizard]

6. Trump gives

Nazis a platform and megaphone. The media acts like Nazis are part of America's fabric, not the threat to democracy "The Greatest Generation" thought they vanquished in WW II.
Trump and his brown shirts are the greatest threat we've faced since Hitler. When will Trump appear in a military uniform and declare himself dictator for life? You know Putin's GQP sympathizers are ready to die to effect Trump's Reich.

[Evolve Dammit]

8. for the last 6 years... This needs to be met head on.

[FakeNoose]

9. Here's the Devil's Dictionary definition of "canceled"

Canceled, n.
Out of favor owing to bad behavior, usually involving extreme racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, sexual harassment or sexual assault, calls for violence, or vociferous support of the failed attempt to overthrow democracy. These exiles invariably wind up as guests on podcasts hosted by Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, or Steve Bannon.

From Greg Olear's Devil's Dictionary 2022, A Glossary of MAGA Scare Words

(link) https://gregolear.substack.com/p/devils-dictionary-2022-a-glossary

[Initech]

10. These people are fucking obsessed and deranged.

Like seriously shut off Fox News, it will do you some good. That shit rots your brain.

[tonekat]

12. This will continue unless

there's some real opposition from liberals.