Drag story hour protester arrested at LGBTQ+ event in NYC

Drag story hour hosted by New York AG Letitia James descends into chaos as protester is arrested during 100-strong march to stop LGBTQ+ family event

The ‘Drag Story Hour’ was hosted by State Attorney General Letitia James
More than 100 protesters from both sides gathered outside the LGBTQA facility
Drag Story Hour NYC is a nonprofit which has received more than $200,000 in city contracts since 2018, according to records

A protester wearing a gold mask and sunglasses was arrested as doznes of demonstrators clashed outside a Drag Story Hour event in New York City on Sunday.

The LGBTQ+ family event hosted by State Attorney General Letitia James drew more than 100 protesters and counter-protesters to the Greenwich Village neighborhood where police were forced to take control.

The masked protester was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. after allegedly assaulting another demonstrator outside the LGBTQ Community Center on West 13th Street, the New York Daily News reported.

Video posted to social media showed counter-protesters chanting ‘Love wins’ and protesters across the street from the center responding: ‘No, we win! When President Trump becomes president again he’s going to shut this s*** down.’

In recent months, similar events across the country have drawn increasingly heated protests from groups alleging that they are intended to sexually ‘groom’ young children.

A protester wearing a gold mask and sunglasses was arrested for allegedly assaulting another protester as demonstrators clashed outside a Drag Story Hour event in NYC on Sunday

The LGBTQ+ family event hosted by State Attorney General Letitia James drew more than 100 protesters on both sides to Greenwich Village where cops were forced to take control

The NYPD and the City Council’s Sergeant-at-Arms squad were at the event on Sunday that drew protesters who lined both sides of the street on Sunday.

Many of the protesters waved Trump signs and wore shirts that supported the White Supremacist group Proud Boys.

‘I’m against kids being exposed to sexually explicit material, to grown men in dresses twerking in front of them showing their breasts, showing off their behinds to little kids and trying to indoctrinate them into trangenderism,’ John McGuigan of New Jersey, told The New York Post.

Counter protester Michael Henry shot back: ‘I’m here to actually protect our vulnerable communities — our trans community, our kids. There’s a whole lot of ignorant people in this world.’

Outside the event, Councilman Erik Bottcher (D-Manhattan) told The New York Post that there were ‘a couple dozen kids with their families’ inside.

The ‘Drag Story Hour’ on Sunday was hosted by State Attorney General Letitia James

The NYPD and the City Council’s Sergeant-at-Arms squad were at the event on Sunday that drew protesters who lined both sides of the street on Sunday

Protesters supporting Drag Queen story hour hold signs outside of The Center, a support space for LGBTQ+ people on Sunday in NYC

A protester yells and points as the NYPD holds back the protesters during the story hour

He addressed the question of extra security being at the event: ‘The council security team goes to all these events where the council members go and there’s a chance of someone being hurt.’

‘A couple dozen kids with their families just sitting on mats and being read stories.

‘Guess what? It was like any other story hour. It just happened to be read by a colorful character in a costume.

‘And the idea that this is going to make kids want to grow up to be drag queens is ludicrous,’ he said.

More than 100 protesters on both sides gathered at the event in NYC on Sunday

LGBTQ supporters held up signs that read ‘Stop the Hate’ and ‘Love wins’

Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement on Sunday that the whole point of the event was ‘to condemn hate and combat rampant disinformation

Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement on Sunday that the whole point of the event was ‘to condemn hate and combat rampant disinformation.

‘The recent rise in anti-LGBTQ+ protests, rhetoric, and policies has left New Yorkers — myself included — devastated and disappointed,’ James said. ‘But I know better than anyone that when the choice is between love and hate, between joy and venom, New Yorkers will always choose love, and New Yorkers will always choose joy.’

The event, among others, are co-sponsored by the nonprofit Drag Story Hour NYC, which has received more than $200,000 in city contracts since 2018, according to records obtained by The Post.

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