Middle School Brings Drag Queens In To Lecture Students About Diversity, ‘Prevent’ Bullying of Gay Kids

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We’ve seen quite a few cases of drag queen-related events geared toward children. Drag Queen Story Hour. You can read about that here. Oh. And Democratic Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms actually invited drag queens to read to kids at city hall, so that’s neat.

Here’s another story.

Two teachers at a North Carolina school (Central Park School for Children in Durham), decided it would be a splendid idea to have drag queens come in to talk to the students about “diversity.”

They thought it would be a great way to combat the apparent LGBT bullying that was taking place (although there doesn’t seem to be any confirmation that there was a true issue there).

“If we’re going to be a school that’s focused on equity and justice, and if we’re going to be a school that believes in the act of liberation, we need to be creative with our approach,” one of the teachers, Taylor Schmidt, said.

Via the Daily Wire:

Last December the two teachers suggested to the school that an event be held to address the issue, prompting the creation of the Pride and Liberation Event.

Thus, last week Vivica C. Coxx and Stormie Daie of the House of Coxx drag house spoke at the school, along with a panel featuring a city council member. The event featured a drag show and a show from the school’s step team, as CNN reported. CNN noted, “Students were allowed to opt out of the event, but the school says most decided to attend.”

According to reports, the two drag queens danced to Nikki Minaj and Beyonce and gave students a lesson on LGBT history in between.

“Education.”

“Central Park didn’t water it down, but they made it age-appropriate to give a depth to social justice and activism, which is the core of the queer experience.” one of the drag queens, Vivica C. Coxx, told CNN at the time. “I thought they must be feeling so empowered to see someone being themselves on stage. Visibility matters, and seeing a queer person of color on stage saying ‘this is me’ has an impact that no one can really measure.”

Again, this happened at a MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The teachers who came up with the idea are incredibly proud of themselves and hoping that other schools follow their lead.

“If schools are nervous about doing the work of Pride and Liberation, we get it,” Schmidt said. “…but what to us seems daring, to our LGBTQ+ students could be lifesaving. Public school educators ultimately teach for liberation — that’s the job.”

h/t Daily Wire