Protests of drag performances, particularly Drag Story Hour events, have increased sharply across the U.S. — even descending on liberal New York City.
A spokesperson for the New York City Police Department said one person was arrested in connection with Thursday’s protest. The NYPD also received two arson complaints in which an unidentified individual allegedly poured a substance on two unoccupied vehicles and set them on fire, but those cases are still under investigation, the spokesperson said.
“In recent months, anti-LGBTQIA+ protesters have descended on these family events, attempting to get into our libraries to disrupt them while shouting homophobic and transphobic slurs at performers and attendees,” they said. “The harmful, homophobic, and transphobic extremism targeting Drag Story Hour events and the New Yorkers who support them, including council members, is vile and dangerous.”
Councilman Bottcher, who had attended the event, said that his home and office were vandalized two days later. He documented the incidents on social media with photos andProtesters vandalized the hallway outside Bottcher’s office on Dec. 19, according to police, though no arrests have been made in that incident. BottcherLater that day, just before 5 p.m., protesters gathered outside Bottcher’s apartment building, police said.
Bottcher accused the protesters of also vandalizing the sidewalk outside his apartment building with homophobic messages, including “Erik Bottcher is a pedo child groomer,” echoing rhetoric that has increasingly been used by some Republican elected officials over the past two years.
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