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"Foes of Drag Queen Story Hours Invade New York Councilman's Home":
Foes of Drag Queen Story Hours Invade New York Councilman’s Home
Protesters descended on the home and the office of a gay member of the New York City Council on Monday, vandalizing the walls with homophobic graffiti and attacking one of his neighbors, over his support for Drag Story Hour events at local libraries.
The council member, Erik Bottcher, documented the vandalism on social media, where he also shared a video of protesters screaming and banging on his office door. Another video showed them gathering outside his apartment building in Chelsea, a neighborhood with a large L.G.B.T.Q. population.
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He said performers for Drag Story Hour undergo background checks at the county, state and federal level, and those who work in New York City also take a child safety course through the public library system. Yun-Hee Proffit, the executive director of the group’s New York City chapter, said it held 244 events in the city last year.
Last Saturday, protesters gathered outside a drag story hour event at a library in Chelsea. When the reading concluded, the protesters chased the drag artist down the block and surrounded the performer’s car, preventing the car from leaving until the protest had been dispersed by police officers, Ms. Proffit said. A similar protest was held outside the Staten Island Children’s Museum on Dec. 3, she said.
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Protesters descended on the home and the office of a gay member of the New York City Council on Monday, vandalizing the walls with homophobic graffiti and attacking one of his neighbors, over his support for Drag Story Hour events at local libraries.
The council member, Erik Bottcher, documented the vandalism on social media, where he also shared a video of protesters screaming and banging on his office door. Another video showed them gathering outside his apartment building in Chelsea, a neighborhood with a large L.G.B.T.Q. population.
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He said performers for Drag Story Hour undergo background checks at the county, state and federal level, and those who work in New York City also take a child safety course through the public library system. Yun-Hee Proffit, the executive director of the group’s New York City chapter, said it held 244 events in the city last year.
Last Saturday, protesters gathered outside a drag story hour event at a library in Chelsea. When the reading concluded, the protesters chased the drag artist down the block and surrounded the performer’s car, preventing the car from leaving until the protest had been dispersed by police officers, Ms. Proffit said. A similar protest was held outside the Staten Island Children’s Museum on Dec. 3, she said.
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