” What happened is hate, not just for me, but for my entire community “. For more than five years, Australian drag queen Cougar Morrison has hosted children’s story readings at Maylands Library, Perth. On the morning of an event, leaflets against him were distributed in front of the establishment.
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Insults and posting photos on Instagram
These flyers contained insults, but also messages suggesting that drag queens would be “dangerous” to children.
Also include photo of her from her Instagram accountas reported by local media ABC Perth. “ They went through every photo and every caption to find where I dressed the most “sexually” — at a nightclub, of course — [mais] nightclubs are places where children are not allowed »Puma Morrison said.
To protest, members of the LGBTQIA+ community rallied to support her.
French precedents
This event is part of a wave of hate and misinformation campaign against drag queens, especially in France. Last January, the municipality of Toulouse has forbidden children access to a reading workshop set up for 3-6 year oldsin a city media library, and animated by two local drag queens, as told Telerama.
The previous month, a show aimed at 0-3 year olds in Bordeaux was vilified by far-right media, then by the program Don’t touch My TV for programming a drag queen, La Marypos.
The event was covered by several far-right sites and triggered a wave of harassment against Jenny Morgane James and La Maryposaaccused of pedophilia and wanting to indoctrinate children.
Source: Madmoizelle
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