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The Associated Press reports: Montana has become the first state to specifically ban people dressed in drag from reading books to children at public schools and libraries, part of a host of legislation aimed at the rights the LGBTQ+ community in Montana and other states. That makes Montana’s law the first to specifically ban drag reading events, said Sasha Buchert, …

The Kansas City Star reports: Public libraries that display “age-inappropriate material” could lose state funding and even see their librarians fined or jailed, under a bill proposed by a Missouri lawmaker. The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Ben Baker, a southwest Missouri Republican, said Thursday that the “Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act” did not target books but was drafted in …

Buzzfeed News reports: A young man has died in an apparent suicide the day after footage of him leading a protest against drag queens, alongside members of a right-wing student group, went viral. Wilson Gavin, who was president of the University of Queensland’s conservative Liberal National Club, was heavily criticised for his part in the protest after the footage was …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: As a parent, I will do anything to protect my children. Won’t you? That’s why this email is so important. There is a coordinated movement to not only oppose the biblical worldview but also groom younger generations to accept dangerous ideas about gender and sexual identity. Have you seen the headlines? Public …

Just in from hate group leader Monica Cole: Drag Queen Story Hour, a time set aside for men to dress as garishly adorned women and read LGBTQ-themed books to young children, is being held in public libraries all across the country – all in the name of public service. And the American Library Association (ALA) is supporting it. Public libraries …

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: A threat posted on social media led the Carnegie Library in Oakland and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to cancel “Drag Queen Story Hour” programs this week. The threat, posted recently on the social media site Reddit, didn’t specifically name the Pittsburgh events but was “alarming enough” to cause the cancellation, said library spokeswoman Suzanne Thinnes. …

Via press release from Christian Newswire: Earlier this week Biblical Concepts Ministries worked with members of the Jacksonville City Council to help cancel a teen pride prom featuring Drag Queen entertainment at a Jacksonville Public Library. We still need help standing up against the radical LGBT activists in Jacksonville stealing the hearts and minds of our children through their indoctrination …

The Daily Beast reports: On the messaging app Telegram, extremists have encouraged harassment against Story Hour participants, and even established channels dedicated to collecting the personal information on people who attend, known as doxxing. One Telegram post, authored by a well-known neo-Nazi, encourages followers to collect information like license plate numbers for parents who attend the story hours, and share …

Mediaite reports: Laura Ingraham’s show briefly went off the rails on Thursday night when an anti-LGBT activist she had on as a guest tried to use the segment to promote a book called “The Health Hazards of Homosexuality.” The Fox News host used a portion of her Thursday show to talk about “Drag Queen Story Hour,” a series of events …

The Brooklyn Eagle reports: Supporters and opponents of the Gerritsen Beach Library’s premier Drag Queen Story Hour clashed Thursday as performer Angel Elektra read to children inside. As the Gerritsen Avenue branch of the Brooklyn Public Library began advertising its first local installment of the story hour, outraged neighbors started pushing a flyer of their own. The leaflet – seen …

Houston’s OutSmart Magazine reports: A Drag Queen Storytime protester allegedly trespassed in the Freed-Montrose Library this weekend after previously being banned from the premises. James “Doc” Greene Sr., who was issued a trespassing warning last month by the Houston Public Library (HPL) stating he could no longer visit its Montrose location, was detained, disarmed, and escorted out by police on …

Courthouse News reports: Christian activists who tried to stop Houston libraries from hosting “Drag Queen Storytime” because it allegedly promotes the LGBT community’s “secular humanist” religion lack standing, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dismissing the lawsuit. Lead plaintiff Tex Christopher [photo above] said in the lawsuit that “‘gay marriage’ is ‘fake marriage’” and that, as a Houston taxpayer and library …

NBC News Los Angeles reports: Story time at Cellar Door bookstore in Riverside turned into a confrontation between a parent and the store owner and it was all caught on camera. Cellar Door bookstore was hosting a story time event in which Halloween books were read by three drag queens. During the event, the owner noticed a woman recording video …

The Houston Chronicle reports: A federal judge in Houston swiftly ended a chapter Wednesday for a group of conservative Christian activists seeking to stop the Drag Queen Story Hour at a local public library. Chief U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal put it simply in her four sentence order, issued just days after the lawsuit — blasting gay marriage and …

The Houston Chronicle reports: A crew of anti-gay protesters rallied outside the federal courthouse Friday afternoon, announcing they have sued the Houston Public Library over a city-sponsored Drag Queen Story Hour which they say violates their freedom of religion. The group behind the lawsuit identify themselves as “Christ followers,” taxpayers and card-carrying library patrons. One of those bringing the lawsuit …

Lafayette’s Fox affiliate reports: Two Religious Organizations are suing in an attempt to stop Drag Queen Story Time at the Lafayette Library. The suit was filed in federal court in Lafayette by Warriors for Christ and Special Forces of Liberty. “By bringing this lawsuit, we are unapologetically and firmly defending the civil rights movement led by pastor Martin Luther King.” …

“Men in full drag reading books to kids at the public library? No wonder people are protesting! Drag Queen Story Hours have been held at libraries or book stores the last couple of years in cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, and New York. Now it has come to the South, and some are protesting — a …