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Drag queen orders children to chant 'Free Palestine' during queer story hour at Massachusetts arts center
A drag queen was captured on video leading children to chant ‘Free Palestine’ during a queer storytime event at a Massachusetts art center.
A video of the “Queer Storytime for Palestine” event organized by the Valley Families for Palestine group at the Northampton Center for the Arts on April 14 in Amherst, Massachusetts, has been met with outrage in recent days. The video shows drag queen Lil Miss Hot Mess ordering a group of preschool and elementary school-aged children to chant “Free Palestine,” according to Valley Families for Palestine Instagram posts.
While reading her book “If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It,” Lil Miss Hot Mess told the children: “If you’re a drag queen and you know it shout ‘Free Palestine.’”
The event included “dancing, celebrating Palestine culture, learning about queer heroes and doing arts and crafts,” according to an Instagram post by the Valley Families for Palestine group. Event profits were donated to alQaws, a Palestinian organization “working for queer liberation.”
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The event also featured Hannah Moushabeck, a Palestinian American activist and the author of “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine,” and Sarah Prager, the Massachusetts-based author of “Queer, There, and Everywhere: 27 People Who Changed the World,” “Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History,” “Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders,” and “A Child’s Introduction to Pride: The Inspirational History and Culture of the LGBTQIA+ Community.”
“Queer Storytime for Palestine
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The event and video has sparked harsh backlash online, with many pointing out that LGBTQ people are not usually treated with respect in Gaza and other Palestinian areas. The LGBT Equality Index, which ranks the most LGBT-Friendly Countries in the World, placed Palestine at 192 of the 197 countries on the list — just a few ranks above Iran.
“The harsh reality? Members of the LGBTQ+ community are often murdered in Gaza and other Palestinian areas such as Ramallah,” StopAntisemitism posted to X.
“If you’re a drag queen and you know it, kids, shout “free Palestine.” Seriously. Yahya Sinwar, Putin, Xi and the Ayatollah are laughing so hard (and sharpening their knives),” Jake Wallis Simons, the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, posted to social media platform X.
“An indoctrination double whammy,” Eitan Fischberger, a former Israel Defense Forces sergeant, posted to X.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Valley Families for Palestine group and the Northampton Center for the Arts for comment.
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Pittsburg softball improved to 16-4 on the season by sweeping host Kansas City Piper 17-1 in five innings and 15-3 in six innings Saturday afternoon.
Breck Slaughter earned the win in both games. She allowed one run on two hits with 10 strikeouts and two walks over five innings during the opener. Then, she allowed one run on two hits with three strikeouts and two walks over three innings.
AnnaLynn Hudson pitched the last three innings of the day for the Purple Dragons.
Offensively, Pittsburg scored 17 runs on 20 hits during the opener and all nine Dragons reached the hit column. Kenleigh Warford led with four hits, Breck Slaughter and Micah Gomez each had three and Brecken Campbell, Brette Pasteur, Laney Trisler and Emily Shriver each had two. Slaughter, Trisler and Gomez each doubled twice and Pasteur and Shriver also recorded two-baggers. Brilee Mantooth homered. Gomez led the Dragons with four RBI, Campbell had three and Trisler, Mantooth and Shriver drove in two each.
The Dragons closed out their sweep with 15 runs on just 11 hits. Pasteur had a monster performance at the plate with four runs scored, three hits in three at-bats, two home runs and five RBI; she also worked a pair of walks and proved to be an utter pain for Piper pitchers Reagan Asbury and Harper Cordill.
Campbell also homered and finished with three hits for the Dragons. Slaughter and Shriver both finished with two hits and both seniors doubled.
Pittsburg won four games during the week and outscored Labette County, Independence and Piper by a combined 59-11. The Dragons return to Southeast Kansas League play on the road Monday against Independence; the Dragons beat the Bulldogs 14-1 in five innings last Thursday in Pittsburg.
The Dragons are looking to wrap up at least a share of the SEK League title.
Pittsburg 612 44 — 17 20 0
KC Piper 000 01 — 1 2 5
Breck Slaughter and Peyton Morey; Stella Utter and Ginny Garcia. W: Slaughter. L: Utter. 2B—PHS: Slaughter 2, Brette Pasteur, Emily Shriver, Laney Trisler 2, Micah Gomez 2; KCP: Faith Flournoy. HR—PHS: Brilee Mantooth.
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Pittsburg 225 105 — 15 7 2
KC Piper 100 101 — 3 6 6
Breck Slaughter, AnnaLynn Hudson (4) and Peyton Morey; Reagan Asbury, Harper Cordill (5) and Faith Flournoy. W: Slaughter. L: Asbury. 2B—PHS: Slaughter. HR—PHs: Brecken Campbell, Brette Pasteur 2; KCP: Ginny Garcia.
This sports reporting is made possible, in part, by the Support Local Journalism Project Fund. Learn more at: southeastkansas.org/fund/support-local-journalism-project-fund/
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According to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, 33-year-old Ronnell Rogers was pulled over in New Haven on May 2, 2024, and was found with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin packaged for distribution, and meth pills shaped like “cartoon characters,” including Mario.
Rogers had been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison in 2022 for drug distribution and firearm possession, as well as 14 months for violating the terms of his supervised release for a previous federal conviction for unlawful possession of ammunition by a felon. He was released in March 2024.
Rogers has been in federal custody since May 30, 2024, and pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl.
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