The Los Angeles Times reports:
Dozens of protesters physically blocked the entrance to the San Fernando Library this week to stop a scheduled drag storytime reading event from taking place. Videos posted on social media showed a group of about 70 people — some of whom had previously attended similar demonstrations in North Hollywood, Glendale and elsewhere — wearing black-and-white shirts reading, “Leave our kids alone.”
They chanted the same slogan through bullhorns while hurling verbal abuse and slurs at the guest reader, Pickle. Video footage showed that San Fernando police officers encircled Pickle near the rear entrance. The phalanx moved toward a metal gate but stopped short as some protesters screamed “pervert,” “pedophile” and “disgusting freak” at Pickle. About six to eight protesters refused to leave the entrance even after police issued a dispersal order, according to Pickle.
Read the full article. As you can see below, homocon extremist Andy Ngo and the far-right hate group Gays Against Groomers are celebrating.
Protesters blockade San Fernando Library, shut down drag queen story event. “This is about civil rights and they shouldn’t have invited me down if they weren’t going to stand up for them,” Pickle said. https://t.co/FAy6C5D394 @campadrenews
— Hailey Branson-Potts (@haileybranson) October 27, 2023
Drag Queen who goes by “Pickle” DENIED entrance to Drag Queen Story Hour at San Fernando Valley Public Library by protestors pic.twitter.com/YGVNrKs9JY
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Tess T. Eccles-Brown, PhD (@TTEcclesBrown) October 27, 2023
A children’s drag event at the San Fernando Library featuring Pickle the drag queen was shut down at a peaceful protest on Oct. 25. Parents of color surrounded the front of the library, preventing Pickle the drag queen from coming inside to perform. The drag event was organized… https://t.co/5ZKvFcGEXE pic.twitter.com/8qLQ2UIMD1
— Andy Ngô
(@MrAndyNgo) October 26, 2023
Angry protesters outside a San Fernando library block Drag Laureate Pickle from a Drag Storytime event inside. Now, local leaders are taking to social media to condemn the protests and support the drag events. The new controversy – Tonight at 11 from ABC7 https://t.co/7I37pYARrw pic.twitter.com/k9uiThT9AP
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) October 27, 2023
UPDATE: Drag Queen Story-Time at the San Fernando Library was CANCELLED today!
More and more people are waking up and drawing a line in the sand – DRAG IS NOT FOR KIDS.
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: gusd_parents_voices on IG) https://t.co/BV1ZkmDKS6 pic.twitter.com/ttiSINQw9e
— Gays Against Groomers California (@GAG_California) October 25, 2023