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Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame
Drag Queens are not a sexual orientation.
Not participating in Drag Queen Story Hours is not teaching someone to be pro-discrimination or pro-bigotry, its simply choosing not to participate; for any number of reasons, including age-appropriateness.
For example, when I was about 12 or 13 I had a friend whose favorite movie was Rocky Horror Picture Show. They wanted me to watch it with them, but when their parents asked my parents if it was okay my parents said no, as they did not believe it to be age-appropriate.
Their parents deemed that it was okay for their kids to watch it, and mine did not. There was no discrimination of accusations of bigotry or harming people in that decision, it was simply live and let live. As a kid I was upset about, but looking back I don't see it being a problem. I quickly forgot about it and watched it later in life and enjoyed the movie.
Not seeing it as a kid certainly didn't teach me its okay to be a bigot, I think thats a huuuge leap of logic that doesn't bear out.
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I can concede the point that it isn't a sexual orientation on the basis of semantics. Yes there are cis gender performers, but for the vast majority they are part of the LGBT community, which is where the opposition comes from. As mentioned by other posters, I don't think they would require an opt-out option for a clown performer, or if it was someone in a suit reading the book. The bias against it is based on ignorance and prejudice.
Next, you are trying to compare an adult movie (Rated R) with very adult themes (rape, abuse, murder, cannibalism, the time warp) to a children's story time. The only comparison is based on men dressing in traditionally women's clothing. I bet your parents also would have felt that American Psycho was not appropriate even though they all wear nice suits with nicer business cards.
What about Mrs. Doubtfire? This is a much closer comparison to what is going on. Better protect the kids from Mulan or they might think girls dressing as boys is ok.
I don't think that the exclusion is a huge jump in logic at all. You are saying, these people dress different so therefore you should avoid them. That is showing prejudice against a person because they belong to a certain group... and you can guess what that is a definition of.
Going back to the posted article, if you didn't know that Gila Munster was a Drag Queen and thought they were a straight woman.. would you have a issue with how they are dressed or them reading a story? Would it be age appropriate if it was a she reading the exact same story about inclusiveness?