Drag Storytime has been a sizzling subject for native councils over the previous few years, with some occasions cancelled to thwart deliberate protests.
Sydney’s Hills and Cumberland councils even just lately handed motions to ban the drag storytimes at their libraries regardless of no proof there had ever been an try to carry one.
Sydney drag queen The Fabulous Marvel Mama is one among about 20 performers and storytime hosts on the “Drag Storytime is Not a Crime” float, which is presently making its manner alongside Oxford Road.
The Fabulous Marvel Mama at a Mardi Gras occasion on Friday.Credit score: Dion Georgopoulos
She stated she struggled to know the general public backlash to the youngsters’s exercise.
“To be sincere, I believe the difficulty is simply that it’s an LGBT performer that’s doing it. That’s the place the concern is available in and that’s the place the accusations are available,” she stated, forward of the parade.
“We sometimes learn a guide which could function a queer character or give attention to self-acceptance, however we additionally simply learn some enjoyable children tales that have gotten nothing to do with gender or something like that.
“One in all my favourites is known as Kitchen Disco and it’s nearly fruit coming alive and dancing within the kitchen.”
Swanning down Oxford Road on a large storybook, the drag queens are carrying books with titles that they wish to see on the earth, notably a “Story of Acceptance”.