Brookdale Community College has canceled a “bring your kid to work day” with “Drag Queen story hour” for staff members after complaints. Yea, I know, this is just a community college, but hey, it’s in deep blue shithole New Jersey of all places! Encouraging.
A New Jersey college cancelled a “drag queen story hour” planned for faculty members’ children during “Bring your child to work” day when staff objected.
Brookdale Community College had been planning a read-along event with a drag performer known as “Harmonica Sunbeam” for months before calling it off the night before in order to “respect the comfort levels of all involved,” school officials said.
The reading event was supposed to be part of the Lincroft college’s “Bring Your Child to Work Day” last Thursday, NJ.com reported.
“I did ask why, but I did not receive an answer,” Sunbeam told the outlet with disappointment. “This had been planned for quite some time so I was shocked that it was canceled the night before.”
The drag queen, who has been performing for over 30 years and doing similar reading events since 2015, has previously come under fire from those who find these events inappropriate for children.
“Here’s the deal, if the program is not for you, don’t attend,” he wrote in a June 2021 Instagram post responding to the backlash. “If you want to worry about kids’ well-being, volunteer at an orphanage, feed the homeless kids around the world, join the Big Brother programs.”