(100percentFedUp.com) Encinitas Union School District in California recently posted a promotional flier for a Halloween party that self-labeled itself as “the queerest free Halloween party for youth & families.” The event, put on by TransFamily Support Services, features a family-friendly drag show, which enraged parents within the community.
‘Boo Bash’ flier promoted by EUSD
On Tuesday night, a group of about 60 members of the school district gathered to protest against this event and demanded the school board explain itself for choosing to promote the queerfest on its digital community page.
One mother in particular really laid into the school board, accusing them of grooming the children in the district and exposing them to a completely inappropriate event.
Brittany Mayer
Community activist and mother Brittany Mayer demanded that the school board explain to the community what exactly makes a drag show ‘family-friendly.’ She said,
“I just want to know what it is, uh, that makes a drag show ‘family-friendly,’ because, if you follow it to its logical conclusion, you can slap ‘family-friendly’ titles on anything. You can have family-friendly gentlemen’s clubs, family-friendly strip shows, family-friendly ’50 Shades of Grey’ read-alouds.”
“Would you approve my flier if I want to host an ‘all the sex secrets of the Karma Sutra for kids and families’ if it’s family-friendly?” asked Mayer.
She continued to question the appeal of a drag show targeted to minors, asking,
“What is it about a grown man – and I honestly, sincerely, as a woman mean this – what is it about a grown man, costumed in a sparkly bra with augmented boobs busting out, a leather miniskirt barely covering his twerking a** with duct tape on his front, while spreading his fishnetted legs as he writhes on the ground grinding his groin next to a minor?”
And, although the school district had pulled the promotional flier from its community page after the backlash, the mother demanded more of a response than that.
“You owe an explanation and an apology to every parent,” she insisted.
