Uproar over LGBTQ+ pride-themed banners in Solvang, a California tourist town, led to a vicious debate.
Window art at the Cavallis’ toy store in downtown Solvang.
“I’m going to get called a bigot tomorrow. I’ve been called a bigot before. I don’t care,” said Clarke, who voted no. In an email to The Times, Clarke, who has described himself as “a redneck Republican,” said he voted last year to approve the town’s first pride parade — but a whole month of banners and painted crosswalks went too far.This strait-laced hamlet of thatched roofs, wine tasting rooms and chocolatiers is obsessed with its image as a charming Danish village.
But the feuding has prompted LGBTQ+ people in and around Solvang to speak out about how difficult, lonely and, sometimes, dangerous it feels to be queer in rural America.Drag queens are more mainstream than ever, as are LGBTQ rights. Yet, story hours, where drag queens read to kids, have become a point of controversy and even violence.
At the February City Council meeting, Kiel Cavalli said that, growing up gay in Solvang, he never saw “anything that resembles who I am,” which “leaves a pretty sad void in one’s heart.”
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