Drag Queen Bingo at Library Cancelled After Threats, Though Majority Support It

The Downers Grove Public Library successful Illinois had planned to clasp a Drag Queen Bingo lawsuit October 11th, to admit National Coming Out Day. It has since been cancelled aft the room received threats. The room was mailed a missive from “Your Friends astatine Maga” with a confederate flag, a enactment that says “[F-slur] Lover Commies: More to Come For Downers Grove Library,” and a bullet.

Despite the hostility and the cancellation, Downers Grove Public Library recovered that overall, the assemblage supported the lawsuit by a ample margin. They tallied implicit 1,200 comments, including emails, responses to a form, societal media commentary, telephone calls, and more. They recovered that 60.6% of respondents supported Drag Queen Bingo, 35.3% opposed it, and 4.1% fell into the “other” category.

You tin work done all the feedback the room received. It’s worthy noting that dissimilar astir different forms of comment, telephone calls to the room were overwhelmingly negative. If you enactment your room holding LBGTQ events and carrying LGBTQ books, it’s worthy calling in: astir of the voices they’re proceeding are apt critical.

For much astir the feedback the room received, work the nonfiction astatine Equality Downers Grove. To larn however to combat backmost against censorship successful the library, cheque retired our Anti-Censorship Tool Kit.