The downtown Reno, Nevada library faced protesters Thursday as it hosted the first “family-friendly” Drag Queen Story Hour, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal, as the library’s auditorium reached capacity. . KUNR reported that the event was held in collaboration with the LGBT organization “Our Center”.
Library staff and volunteers in Nevada were reportedly trained last week in preparation for possible protests during the Drag Queen Story Hour event. according to to Kunl. (Related: ‘Inappropriate Use’: Pentagon Cancels Air Force Base Drag Show Just Before Pride Month)
At the first of three Drag Queen Story Hour library events in the Reno area on Thursday, colorful umbrellas and rainbow flags and a handful of protesters across the street were among the participants. Greeted by a long queue.
https://t.co/7oqzcpJxOj—RGJ.com (@rgj) June 15, 2023
According to KUNR, volunteers and Washoe County Library System staff were trained to spread positive opinions at events on behalf of protesters, regardless of protesters. report. Other volunteers lined the streets of downtown Reno with rainbow umbrellas and escorted families and children to the local library. report.
But outside the library, a man was reading the Bible and other protesters were singing devotional songs, the paper reported. Several held up placards that read, “Let’s stop drag queen story time,” and “Libraries are for education, not immoral indoctrination.”
Drag queen Miss Ginger Devine, who read at Thursday’s event, has been a drag queen in Reno for over a decade. according to To the Washington Free Beacon.
Miss Divine, whose real name is Christopher Daniels, was honored by Democratic Nevada Senator Katherine Cortez Mast while reading at the Washoe County Library System’s Drag Queen Storytime event in June 2022, the paper said. reported.
#drag queen story time Succeeded! The Sparks family came to see Miss Ginger today and joined in on the fun. Thanks Austin. @SenCortezMastooffice presented Ginger with a very special proclamation! What an honor on this wonderful day!🌈📚 pic.twitter.com/XE0eA3ImJm
— Washoe County Library (@WashoeLibrary) June 26, 2022
According to a tweet in October 2020, Daniels also works for Sex Out Loud, a campus organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she teaches students “all about the hentai world, including role-play, hentai toys, and bondage.” It is said that he was teaching.
Let’s join the kink workshop tonight!! Why don’t you liven up Halloween? Curious about kink? Join this sex-positive, interactive program and learn about the kinky world of role-play, kinky toys, bondage and more. pic.twitter.com/E3d7zhSh0s
— Sex Out Loud (@sexoutloudwi) October 26, 2020
He was also called Reverend Devine, according to a report by the Washington Free Beacon. Daniels also argued that the sexually explicit content “doesn’t affect the minds of sensitive young people”, calling it “bullshit”.
Two other Drag Queen Story Hour events are planned Saturday and July 15th The website is shared elsewhere in the Washoe County Library System.
