Wed Jun 8, 2022 – 4:45 pm EDT
APEX, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) – A “Drag Queen Story Hour” for children, planned as part of “LGBT Pride” celebrations, has been canceled by the mayor of a North Carolina city following public backlash against the event.
Mayor Jacques K. Gilbert of Apex, North Carolina, announced Saturday through a Facebook post that a drag performer-led reading session, originally planned as part of the “Apex Pride Festival,” would no longer be included on the itinerary owing to “feedback I have received from citizens,” the mayor wrote.
The Mayor of Apex, NC announced that the drag queen part of the pride event has been cancelled after “feedback received from citizens” https://t.co/KTjxANksa6 pic.twitter.com/p8pa3ywZQh
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The mayor also noted that the story hour had not been “originally presented when the event was proposed.”
After sharing the citizens’ concerns with “representatives from the organization hosting the event,” Gilbert said that “the Apex Festival Commission has taken the feedback into careful consideration and has decided to remove the Drag Queen Story Hour from the event.”
No details of the feedback were offered; however, commenting on the mayor’s
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