ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – For the first time the city of Rockford is celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month, but one of its efforts, Drag Queen Story Hour at a public library, has upset some residents.
Parent Sandi Ware told the Rockford Register Star having a “big, hairy man scantily dressed as a woman promoting homosexuality and gender confusion” is not appropriate for children ages 3 to 8.
Rockford Public Library trustee board President Paul Logli says he and other board members at first were “uncertain about the program.” He noted such programs are being held in libraries and other venues throughout the nation.
Logli says the title “gets your attention,” but after library staff explained the program, he and others became more comfortable with the idea.
Assistant library director Emily Klonicki says the stories being read are about individuality and being different.
