{"id":503792,"date":"2022-10-26T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T00:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/protestors-violently-clash-over-drag-queen-story-time-at-oregon-pub\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T03:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T00:22:56","slug":"protestors-violently-clash-over-drag-queen-story-time-at-oregon-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/protestors-violently-clash-over-drag-queen-story-time-at-oregon-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"#Protestors violently clash over drag queen story time at Oregon pub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dd990e665f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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gathered inside to read a story. <\/p>\n<p>The pub was the latest target of LGBTQ+ hate after right-wing personalities complained about an 11-year-old drag performer called Vanellope who was expected to perform. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the crowd lobbed rocks and some smoke bombs at one another before police shut the event down, according to the Register Guard. <\/p>\n<p>Some protestors in the crowd came to the event for small children armed with semi-automatic rifles, officials added. <\/p>\n<p>Drag queen storytime events have recently and increasingly become the target of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric across the country, though the events have been h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents claim that the program in which flamboyant performers dressed in vibrant drag outfits read storybooks to children is detrimental to kids. <\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Drag performer Emma Lavin, center, attempts to find middle ground with protesters against a drag queen story time outside Old Nick's Pub in Eugene, Ore.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    About 50 protestors and 250 supporters of the event faced off outside Old Nick&#8217;s Pub in Eugene as the story time went on inside for an audience of 50 without issue.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=837\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Supporters line the street in front of Old Nick's Pub in Eugene during a drag queen story time hosted by the pub.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1674 1674w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1255 1255w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=837 837w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=418 418w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-003.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Old Nick&#8217;s Pub said it spent $2,000 on private security  for the Sunday event.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Ben Lonergan\/The Register-Guard<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=692\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Drag Queen performers Elektra Starr, left, Sunshine Ray MacPherson and Princess Maliena visit with their fans after a performance at Old Nick's in Eugene.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1384 1384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1038 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=692 692w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=346 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/drag-or-004.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\"\/>                                <span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Chris Pietsch\/The Register-Guard<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Organizers, however, said the protests against the events have been terrifying and endangering the performers as well as children. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> statement Friday, Old Nick\u2019s Pub said the critics and protestors have \u201ctwisted what is a fun and innocent event for kids and families into something disgusting and vile.<\/p>\n<p>The pub said it spent $2,000 on private security Sunday and expects to be \u201ca target for violent extremists for a good while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staff members have been receiving \u201cracist and homophobic hate mail, physical threats of violence, and repeated attacks by right wing media outlets framing our Drag Queen Storytime as nefarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the threats, the pub \u2014 which frequently hosts LGBTQ-friendly events including the drag story time in the past \u2014 said it will continue its events. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love you all so much, and we will not ever back down to hate,\u201d the pub said in its Monday post. \u201cThank you for standing with us against this growing trend of violence against queer youth and LGBTQ venues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The child drag queen did not perform at Sunday\u2019s event and was instead celebrated as the event\u2019s guest of honor. <\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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