Analysis: The recent 'terrifying' LGBTQ+ event in Tralee aims to drag us back to the past
THERE HAVE BEEN several moments in my life where I’ve felt great national pride in Irish people and stories making international headlines: the Irish Women’s soccer team qualifying for the World Cup this year; Derry Girls receiving the acclaim and recognition it deserved; Ireland becoming the first country to legalise marriage equality by popular vote.
Drag events as a target Drag story time events have become a common part of Pride celebrations throughout the world. They are very different from the burlesque-style drag shows popular in LGBTQ+ clubs. At story time events drag performers read stories to children in an entertaining, pantomime-like style.
Second, the book they were reading was called Prince and Knight. It is a children’s book based on the countless fairytales told to children across the world but with an LGBTQ+ twist. The prince in this story does not fall in love with a princess. Instead, he falls in love with a handsome knight and lives happily ever after.
Many of the same people who are now targeting libraries and bookshops were previously using the same tactics on pharmacies and vaccination centres, convinced that Covid-19 vaccines were killing people. On other occasions, Lahive and others mobilised outside schools to oppose pandemic restrictions, a strategy they have promised to use again to oppose LGBTQ+ inclusive education when schools return in September.
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