This is a thing they do in Britain that apparently doesn’t have any direct connections with homosexuality.
Is this story even true?
It was true that Joe Biden announced the death of a supposed terrorist whose death has been announced multiple times over a period of years. I guess this isn’t sillier than that.
Librarians have been told to refer to drag queens as pantomime dames to avoid more protests.
The Drag Queen Story Hour UK tour, which is aimed at children, has seen numerous protests and cancellations in the UK.
Police have been called in to stop protesters gaining access to the sessions, and one drag queen was even given a police escort.
In an attempt to combat this, library staff attended a webinar on managing controversial events, urging them to try and fool protesters.
As reported by the Telegraph, one librarian from Cheshire told the webinar how they had avoided protests.
He said: “We’ve always said pantomime dame because we don’t want protestors outside our building.
“Is that knuckling under pressure? Probably, possibly, but we find we have no protests, it’s a good event, we run the event.”
The name of the genius who came up with the idea is Ian Anstice
An official from Bristol also suggested hiding negative comments on social media, and avoid defending drag events on a Friday which could lead to a negative backlash over the weekend.
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A spokesman for Libraries Connected said: “The webinar included contributions from a range of library professionals with different perspectives, based on their experience of managing events at their libraries.
“They were speaking in a personal capacity and were not representing Libraries Connected.”
Yeah, British people have a history of dressing up as women for comedy routines. Monty Python did this a lot. Most of the classic British comedians did.
It had nothing to do with homosexuality or child molestation.