The U.S. Air Force Library will stage a gay pride-themed storytime on Thursday, promoting a list of children’s books that advocate for gender reassignment in honor of Pride Month, according to the library’s website. It says.
A pride-themed storytime is scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and the calendar is posted on the Ramstein & Vogelwe Air Force Library Facebook page. show, along with cartoon-style illustrations and descriptions of additional family programs scheduled for the week of June 12. The library encourages readers to “Show Pride and Celebrate Rainbow Book Month and Pride Month” with handpicked titles for kids and teens that tell the stories of youth. children and adolescents adopting uniquely different gender identities; according to on your reading list.
“Books tell you every color of the rainbow,” the website says. (Related: Major Air Force Base’s ‘Diversity’ Board Plans Gay Pride Parade)
Pride Story Hours are scheduled at the same times as the Library’s regular Family Story Hours.Library summer program calendar Note A ‘Family Story Times’ featuring activities ‘for the whole family’ will take place every Thursday at 10:30am in Ramstein.
Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that “a pride event for young children is totally inappropriate in any venue.” “Holding it on a U.S. military base is a partisan abuse of tax dollars and a slap in the face of military families.”
One book on my library reading list, Julien is a Mermaid, tells the story of a boy who begins dressing up as a mermaid after seeing three dazzling female mermaids in public. according to To explanation by Common Sense Media. His grandmother ignores him at first, but by the end of the story she takes him to a “parade” reminiscent of the Pride Parade.
Other works such as “Jacob’s Room To Choice” and “I’m Not A Girl” feature young protagonists who employ various “gender representations” and persuade schools and teachers to accept the idea of gender nonconformity. . library.
Ramstein Library Link For an explanation of “It Feels Good To Be Yourself”, visit the Department of Defense Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Library hosted on a third-party platform.
“Some are boys. Some are girls. Some are both, neither, or somewhere in between,” the description reads. “This gentle and candid exploration of gender identity will give children a more complete understanding of themselves and others.”
The disclaimer on the library’s website seeks to keep the Air Force away from the content depicted on the linked website.
“The display of hyperlinks does not imply endorsement by 86 FSS Libraries, the U.S. Air Force, or the Department of Defense of this site or of the information, products, or services contained therein,” the disclaimer reads. . “Other than authorized activities,” the Air Force “exercises no editorial control over the information found in these locations.”
Ramstein Air Force Base headquarters US Air Forces in Europe – African Air Forces and NATO Allied Air Forces in Germany, part of the largest American military community outside the United States. according to Go to the installation website.
Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio attacked In 2022, the same military base was accused of planning to host a drag queen story hour for children at the base’s library, exposing children to “sexual content.” The Air Force canceled the event after Rubio’s criticism. according to Go to press release.
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