![]() They should have their children taken away from them because it's child abuse.” She added that such parents are “underqualified to have children. Candace Owens of The Daily Wire called for parents to have their kids taken away if they take them to a Drag Queen Story Hour event.Some media outlets and personalities called for parents who bring their children to drag queen storytimes to be prosecuted and have their kids taken away. The right-wing has seized on this moment to push an overtly anti-LGBTQ agenda: Calling for children to be taken from their parents Right-wing media tirades against trans and queer people have also emboldened hate groups to target Pride events, including an attack on a drag queen doing a storytime in a Bay Area school by alleged members of the white supermacist Proud Boys on June 11. In addition to the new policy in Texas, 18 states have banned or limited trans kids from participating in sports, and some have banned or are proposing to ban children from seeking gender affirming care. ![]() Greg Abbott redefined gender-affirming care for trans youth as “child abuse” and has ordered the state’s child protective services to investigate families of trans children. These most recent examples are an extension of how right-wing media attack trans kids and their families by baselessly and dangerously arguing that parents are abusing their kids by supporting them through transition and claiming that kids should be taken away from their parents. As one example of this obsession, Fox News prime time spent more time bashing drag queens and trans people than covering the June 13 hearing by the House select committee investigating January 6 Capitol riot. In general, right-wing media have recently ramped up their anti-trans and anti-gay rhetoric, calling LGBTQ people “ groomers” and pushing anti-LGBTQ laws. ![]() Some right-wing legislators are now echoing this rhetoric, claiming they will move to ban kids from attending drag performances. Many right-wing outlets have called drag queen storytimes inappropriate or referred to them as indoctrination or sexualization of kids. This latest narrative coincides with calls and actions from the right to separate trans and LGBTQ children from parents who support them. Right-wing media’s new strategy in their affront on trans and other LGBTQ youth is suggesting that children should be taken from their parents if they allow their children to interact with drag queens, be it through storytimes or age-appropriate drag performances. ![]()
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