Proud Boys Protest Drag Story Hour Meet LGBT Resistance in Queens, NY
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Proud Boys protesting a drag queen story hour in Queens are met with resistance. The LGBTs have them outnumbered 6 to 1.
currently in queens, new york — proud boys are protesting a drag queen story hour. the lgbts have outnumbered them about 6 to 1 pic.twitter.com/GuxrX9fh14
— matt (@mattxiv) December 29, 2022
WPIX:
Supporters and protesters of Drag Story Hour at a library faced off from opposite sides of the street in Queens on Thursday.
NO KKKOPS
NO KKK
NO FASCIST USAWHAT’S That NOISE
FUCK THE PROUD BOYSDAILY REMINDER
“” PUNCHING A PROUD BOY IN THE FACE IN NEW YORK CITY WILL RESULT IN A FELONY ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER!”” pic.twitter.com/HCnSkCyiGH
— 👑 RABBI -718-C.P.U.K9/S.I.D. (@minkoff_steven) December 19, 2022
carried “leave the kids alone” signs while supporters held up signs that said “drive the homophobia away” and “libraries are for everyone” signs at the Queens Public Library in Jackson Heights. The supporters outnumbered the protesters at the scene.
Video of NYPD protecting proud boy, Jovi Val. pic.twitter.com/tt0w6OLvYq
— BIG Gobierno ✨🏳️⚧️They/Them (@JP_OTG) December 29, 2022
Police were called to the scene. This isn’t the first time protesters have shown up to Drag Story Hour. Some protesters allegedly previously stormed Councilmember Erik Bottcher’s office; Botcher helped organize Drag Story Hour.
Queens on Queens violence https://t.co/CZDkLqFLTu
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 29, 2022
“In recent months, anti-LGBTQIA+ protesters have descended on these family events, attempting to get into our libraries to disrupt them while shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs at performers and attendees,” Bottcher, along with Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Members Shekar Krishnan and Crystal Hudson said in a joint statement. “They have also vandalized the homes of three members of this City Council who support Drag Story Hour. It is particularly disturbing that these anti-LGBTQIA+ protesters have focused their harassment in Jackson Heights and Chelsea, two neighborhoods with historical importance as safe communities and centers of organizing for the LGBTQIA+ movement in New York City.”
Eventually the crowds dispersed but not before NYPD made it clear who they sided with. The NYPD pushed, trampled and sometimes beat people (including kids) advocating for Drag Story Hour and protecting the library’s entrance from Proud Boys and other protesters.
