(05-24-2023, 11:23 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-24-2023, 10:54 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Not sure who else the target audience of 'Drag Story Hour' at the Children's section of public libraries would be.

 I've already touched on that. How many libraries in how many towns are we talking about here? 
Is this widespread or is it isolated? 

Their website claims more than a dozen cities, but it would appear only the chapters in large metro areas with a liberal majority gained any traction - and several communities have already shut down the practice without any state government involvement. 

It does seem a bit creepy and wholly unnecessary though. 

I guess this whole thing (like so many debates around the queer community) come back to whether or not you believe someone chooses to be gay or not. 

I don't. 

I'm not a proponent of anything that may confuse a child as they navigate childhood, adolescence and determine their own feelings about sexual identity. I do think that gay people are going to feel the way they do regardless, and straight folks are also going to be resolute regardless of outside influence.  There's just no point in confusing those young folks in the grey area who are having a more difficult time working through their biology, hormones and feelings. 

Unfortunately, as much as conservative folks believe this drag and trans stuff is swaying their otherwise straight children to be queer in some way, the gay community feels that conservative-christian establishments are ruining the upbringing of gay adolescents by trying to "fix" them, when there is nothing wrong. They're just gay. 

Pretty difficult impasse when either side has adopted opposing scientific views and there is religion involved.

I think we agree about this.
If you thought that absolutely all gay people were born that way and stuck that way, and the same for straight people, you would not have much reason to care about anything that might confuse a child.  Confusing a child would be temporary, if everyone is basically born with their sexuality predetermined, each kid ends up in the same place whether an adult confuses them or not.
But I don't think that's your opinion.
I think what you are trying to say is that adults rarely if ever change their sexuality, but lots of kids are malleable. Even if the kids aren't willfully choosing their sexual feelings as they develop, many kids are malleable to outside influences.  And because they are malleable, adults should be very cautious about what is presented to kids.
Right?

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