Tue Jun 21, 2022 – 2:41 pm EDT
NEW YORK CITY (LifeSiteNews) – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has come under fire after throwing his full support behind drag queen “storytellers,” stating that the adult performers are “advancing a love of diversity” in the schools where they perform.
In a Friday tweet, Adams wrote that the drag performers “and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces.”
Drag storytellers, and the libraries and schools that support them, are advancing a love of diversity, personal expression, and literacy that is core to what our city embraces.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) June 16, 2022
The NYC mayor added that “LGBTQ+ communities are under increased attack across this country” and that “we must use our education system to educate.”
“The goal” of incorporating men in dresses and makeup telling stories to children into the education system, according to Adams, “is not only for our children to be academically smart, but also emotionally intelligent.”
READ: New York City has spent over $200k in taxpayer funds on drag queen shows for
The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News
The views expressed in this news alert by the author do not directly represent that of The Official Street Preachers or its editors
