Drag Queen Storytime Through a Child’s Eyes
A mother took her 7 and 5-year-old to Drag Queen Storytime at the Kincardine Library. The boys got to listen to a few stories, and (not) participate in a couple kid’s songs and dances. They stuck around the library for another hour just reading books and playing with LEGO, and after they left, the 7-year-old noticed a sign of a protester outside (there were only a few). Fortunately he could only read part of it: the sign said “Close the book on child sexualization.” Once they got in the car, he asked why their sign said “close the book?” The mother said it was about the story time. He asked why? Mother, not entirely sure how to address this topic, but wanting to take advantage of a teachable moment: “Umm... well did you like the girls who were reading the stories?” 7-year-old: “Yes. But I know they’re actually boys dressed up like girls.” Mother: “How do you know?”
7-year-old shrugging: “I just do. I could tell.” Mother: “What do you think about that?”
Miss Shaneen and Lita at Kindcardine Library
7-year-old, shrugging again: “It’s fine. It’s their bodies and their time and money to buy their own clothes, so they can do whatever they want.” Mother, kinda speechless because he totally nailed it: “Exactly. People should be free to be who they are, shouldn’t they? Because everyone is different. Well the people outside didn’t understand that. They thought it wasn’t appropriate for kids to see that.”
7-year-old (total confusion on his face because in his mind, he simply experienced two people reading stories to a room full of kids with their parents): “Sooooo... because of that, they wasted their whole day standing outside with a sign? That makes no sense. If they don’t like it, they just don’t have to participate in it. They should go do something else, because it doesn’t have anything to do with their lives anyway. Seems like a waste of a perfectly good day to me.” Mother: “Howwould you treat a boy who decided to come to school wearing a dress everyday, or makeup, or carrying a purse?” 7-year-old, another shrug: “Well if he was my friend already, we’d probably just play like we always would anyway...” 5-year old pipes up: “I had a boy in my class come to school wearing a dress once!” Mother: “Oh yeah? And what did you think about that?” 5-year old: “I said ‘I like your dress,’ wanna know why? Because Mickey Mouse was on it. I love Mickey Mouse.”
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