Ramstein rethinks Pride Month events after critics bash ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ for kids
By Rachel S. Cohen
May 27, 08:43 PM
[Editor’s note: this story was update late Friday with the Air Force’s response.]
Ramstein Air Base in Germany is reworking its Pride Month festivities after critics, including a Republican senator, complained that a drag queen was picked to read to children.
Ramstein, the largest American air base in Germany and headquarters of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, was slated to host local drag queen Stacey Teed at a 30-minute story time event for kids at an on-base library, according to a since-deleted Facebook event.
“Be sure to wear your brightest and most colorful outfits!” the post read.
But the event created a furor. Chief among its opponents was Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who confirmed the Air Force had canceled “Drag Queen Story Time” the same week he wrote to Secretary Frank Kendall demanding the service “immediately cancel this politically divisive event, and take appropriate disciplinary action against all involved in allowing this gross abuse of taxpayer funding to place children in a sexualized environment.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/05/27/ramstein-rethinks-pride-month-events-after-critics-bash-drag-queen-story-time-for-kids/
