Sharing this here so it gets out. Fash in the Portland area are targeting a drag story time at a library in Tigard, Oregon on June 11th. Please share this widely, especially if you are in the Portland area.

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COMMUNITY DEFENSE CALL- defenders needed - NO COPS, NO PRIVATIZED SECURITY- for drag queen story hour Sunday, April 16 at Poppy + Pot, 2908 Franklin Blvd, Suite A in Sacramento. Hate group White Lives Matter is circulating the info along with unrelated media of the featured performer who will be reading in an attempt to drum up opposition. I will be attending in a color guard capacity and it is my hope local community defenders will show up as well. Do not let hate take root in our backyard!

#dragqueenstoryhour #DragQueenStoryTime #communitydefense #callforaction

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Mama Possum · @mamapossum
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COMMUNITY DEFENSE CALL- defenders needed - NO COPS, NO PRIVATIZED SECURITY- for drag queen story hour Sunday, April 16 at Poppy + Pot, 2908 Franklin Blvd, Suite A in Sacramento. Hate group White Lives Matter is circulating the info along with unrelated media of the featured performer who will be reading in an attempt to drum up opposition. I will be attending in a color guard capacity and it is my hope local community defenders will show up as well. Do not let hate take root in our backyard!

#dragqueenstoryhour #DragQueenStoryTime #communitydefense #callforaction

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Cat :happy_anarcat: Lady · @CatLady
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REPORT BACK ON THE APRIL 2, 2023, COMMUNITY SELF-DEFENSE ACTION IN SAINTE-CATHERINE

"Conspiracy theorists, the far right, and a few neo-Nazis got together to intimidate drags queens;
Standing shoulder to shoulder, the LGBTQ+ community and anti-fascists drew a line and resisted these despicable trolls;
In what has become a tradition, the far right found itself isolated at the far end of a parking lot…"

"...Barbada has hosted story hours since 2016 (and she has not been the only drag queen to do so), but it is only in recent years —and in a particularly apparent way in recent months— that a section of the local far-right-adjacent conspiracy theory milieu has had a bee in its bonnet about the issue, under the combined influence of the conservative evangelical right and the anti-protocol conspiracy milieu that coalesced around the so-called “freedom convoy.” This anti-drag hysteria is one element in a larger movement meant to demonize sexual and gender identity minorities, trans identities in particular, on the basis of a variety of conspiracy fantasies, including, for example, the “grooming panic,” “pedosatanism” (a key theme in the QAnon milieu), and, in some particularly extreme cases, the racist and antisemitic “great replacement” theory. This fundamentally far-right transphobic movement has, at this point, made legislative and institutional headway in the US."

"...labouring under the peculiar illusion that simply ignoring this movement will naturally lead to it dissipating and fading away. As we have often said, when it comes to fascist and fascist-adjacent movements, magic thinking doesn’t work...

...a bus chartered for the event arrived with around thirty community defenders, who brought snacks and coffee, festive costuming accoutrements, and a sound system. For the subsequent hour and half, the defensive bloc took on a festive, colourful, and irreverent quality, with comrades dancing in the street to popular songs and Disney classics, while the mortified anti-drag demonstrators remained trapped on their bit of sidewalk...

...a line is crossed when these conspiracy theory fantasies directly target our communities and compromise our security, whether in the short-, medium-, or long-term, and that is the line the anti-drag movement has crossed with its ridiculous panic, and it is absolutely essential to deliver the message that queer and trans communities will defend themselves in the face of this intimidation. There should be no doubt: if the queerphobes/transphobes persist in their demonization exercise, they will always come face to face with us. Queers bash back, darling. . ."

Great work ❤️🖤

montreal-antifasciste.info/en/

#calltoaction #DragStoryTime #DQST #DragQueenStoryTime #dragdefence #lovewins #pride #convoywatch #whokeepsussafe #CommunityDefence #fashwatch #fashwatchcanada #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #reportback #Montreal

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, March 16th 4-6pm
The Ledge
31 Norfolk St. N
,

Protesters confirmed. Counters & community defence are needed! The anti drag folks for this one have been vocal in their dislike and threats so be forewarned.

Threats on hunting people down, rampant homophobia, taking pictures of parents to accuse of abuse, and threats of burning people alive have been reported.

Local news has also picked up on this:
norfolktoday.ca/2023/03/15/134

#DQST #Simcoe #ontario #calltoaction #DragStoryTime #DragQueenStoryTime #dragdefence #lovewins #whokeepsussafe #CommunityDefence #pride #fashwatch #fashwatchcanada #convoywatch #AlertaAlertaAntifascista #Haldimand #norfolk

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Reportedly the have turned in their red maga styled hats for - wait for it - cowboy hats.

Perhaps they'll be attending Ram Ranch later today, still awaiting those details....

At least 2 seen wearing cowboy hats similar to the one seen here.

#savecanada #chuds #calltoaction #DragStoryTime #deepriver #DragQueenStoryTime #dragdefence #lovewins #whokeepsussafe #CommunityDefence #fashwatch #fashwatchcanada #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

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Deep River Ontario Canada - Drag Queen Story Time is happening right now.

Dacey & members of Save Canada have reportedly already arrived at the library to harass attendees.

Reportedly 10 anti drag ppl are currently there. Some counters, but idk how many.

If in the area of Deep River & able to go out to support counter protesters, pls do.

#calltoaction #DragStoryTime #DragQueenStoryTime #dragdefence #lovewins #whokeepsussafe #CommunityDefence #fashwatch #fashwatchcanada #AlertaAlertaAntifascista

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