{"id":141037,"date":"2023-08-28T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141037"},"modified":"2023-08-28T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:40:00","slug":"parents-angered-by-labour-councils-drag-queen-childrens-story-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/parents-angered-by-labour-councils-drag-queen-childrens-story-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents angered by Labour council&apos;s drag queen children&apos;s story time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parents in uproar over Labour council&#8217;s drag queen children&#8217;s story time as more than 1,000 residents sign a petition in protest<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Locals in Brecon were angered at council&#8217;s decision to spend \u00a3300 hiring Aida<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The story hour was due to take place during Pride celebrations this weekend<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A town is in uproar after Labour councillors decided to spend public money hiring a controversial drag queen for children&#8217;s story time.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,100 residents signed a petition protesting about Aida H Dee&#8217;s Drag Queen Story Hour, due to take place during Pride celebrations this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Locals in Brecon, South Wales, were angered at a decision by the town council to spend \u00a3300 hiring Aida, played by Sab Samuel, 28.<\/p>\n<p>The performer and children&#8217;s author has been accused of being friends with late paedophile drag queen Darren Moore, who was sentenced to three years&#8217; imprisonment in 1999 after being convicted of raping a boy under 16, while himself a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Samuel said he is friends with Moore&#8217;s husband, also called Darren Moore, and raised money to help him following Moore&#8217;s death, aged 39, in January.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/20\/71854397-12454271-The_day_will_feature_a_talk_from_Sab_Samuel_an_author_also_known-a-2_1693250228099.jpg\" height=\"757\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aida H Dee, who runs Drag Queen Story Hour (File Photo).\u00a0Locals in Brecon, South Wales, were angered at a decision by the town council to spend \u00a3300 hiring Aida, played by Sab Samuel, 28<\/p>\n<p>Parents have also criticised Mr Samuel&#8217;s social media posts. One, from last November, jokes: &#8216;Had a fabulous interview about how I have successfully made turning children gay possible. The answer (is) my gay books.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Other posts include Mr Samuel joking about an orgy and pointing to a man&#8217;s naked bottom, and declaring &#8216;love has no age&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>One mother, who used to work as a teacher, said such posts would be &#8216;inappropriate&#8217; in her former profession and could result in teachers being sacked.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Jones, 33, who now works in applied behaviour analysis, said: &#8216;This is nothing to do with his sexual orientation. This man has referred to being a role model for gay five-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My eldest daughter, who is 13, is autistic, and statistically, autistic children have issues with their sense of identity as it is. It&#8217;s scary for parents.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/20\/67576249-12454271-On_Saturday_February_11_violent_protests_erupted_outside_the_Tat-a-3_1693250311404.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Protesters clash with counter protesters outside the Tate Britain gallery in London in response to Drag Queen Story Hour in February<\/p>\n<p>Rosie Lord, a 33-year-old mother of three, said: &#8216;For any other adult in a position of authority with children and they had these personal links or Facebook posts, there would be an inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A lot of other parents say they agree with us but are concerned about being seen as homophobic or transphobic.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The protests against Aida&#8217;s appearance have been backed by lesbian campaigner Ruthie Hill, who revealed on social media she has been branded a &#8216;homophobe&#8217; and suffered a backlash ranging from threats online to even having a restaurant booking cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;(All) because I object to a drag queen with known paedophile connections having an audience with children as young as three&#8217;, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Clearly they don&#8217;t know the difference between gay liberation and child safeguarding.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Iain McIntosh, a Conservative member of Powys County Council, which includes Brecon, who is backing the protesters, said: &#8216;I want to make it clear I have absolutely no issues whatsoever with drag artists (or) members of the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My concern is specifically about one artist only, Aida H Dee, and their suitability to present to children.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the petition against Aida was taken down after a complaint was made to host website Change.org, by a supporter and a further complaint from Mr Samuel objecting to &#8216;inaccurate&#8217; claims by protesters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/20\/61114509-12454271-Sab_Samuel_pictured_performing_as_his_flamboyant_alter_ego_Aida_-a-1_1693250181997.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sab Samuel performing as his flamboyant alter ego &#8216;Aida H Dee&#8217;, a play on the neurological disorder ADHD <\/p>\n<p>Mr Samuel said the posts about turning children gay were &#8216;tongue in cheek&#8217;. Asked about other sexualised social media posts, he said: &#8216;I haven&#8217;t made any posts like that since I became a children&#8217;s entertainer in 2020.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Of Mr Moore, he said: &#8216;The whole situation comes under one big misunderstanding. I was raising money to help his husband, who is a friend of mine and was not working any more because his husband died.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At Drag Queen Story Hour, I haven&#8217;t mentioned gender, we&#8217;ve never mentioned the word sex. Parents decide whether their kids come along.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I constantly heard stories growing up such as Beauty and the Beast, Prince Charming, all straight relationship books and I turned out gay, so parents are concerned about the wrong thing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Books by Cardiff-based Mr Samuel, who has been appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe despite protests, include My First Pride and It&#8217;s Snot a Problem, about two lesbian hedgehogs.<\/p>\n<p>Brecon Town Council said: &#8216;Drag Queen Story Hour has been hosted across the UK and has received very positive feedback from both parents and children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The performer has provided four years&#8217; worth of DBS (disclosure and barring service) history, has completed a risk assessment in relation to their performance and has insurance in place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12454271\/Parents-uproar-Labour-councils-drag-queen-childrens-story-time-1-000-residents-sign-petition-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents in uproar over Labour council&#8217;s drag queen children&#8217;s story time as more than 1,000 residents sign a petition in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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