A-Dub 🥝violently anti-trans/queer rhetoric in Aotearoa/NZ has risen so much that a Rainbow Storytime nationwide tour planned for later in the year has been cancelled owing to threats of violence, as well as other planned drag productions - and one of the queens has been forced to relocate to another country https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515243/rainbow-storytime-nationwide-tour-cancelled-after-threats-of-violence #AntiTrans #AntiQueer #AntiRainbow #Aotearoa #NZ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Rainbow community advocate Shaneel Lal said it was a shame that queer folk had to cancel something to keep both themselves and their communities safe.
"I do not understand why religious extremists are allowed to threaten queer people to an extent that we have to cancel our events but if we showed up to churches every Sunday and demanded with violence and disruption that they shut down it would not be tolerated."
Lal said that Destiny Church's rhetoric was "bulls***" and that if they wanted to protect children they were hypocritical, in light of the number of church leaders prosecuted in recent years for abusing children.
"Zero drag queens in New Zealand have been convicted for this... Instead of worrying about children they should protest outside churches and leave the road crossings alone."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515308/most-horrific-threats-rainbow-storytime-tour-cancellation-draws-outrage #Trans #Queer #Aotearoa #NZ
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