Protesters trying to shut down a New York City Public Library event billed as “storytime with local drag performers adapted to be more accessible to kids with autism and other disabilities' were met by a wall of counterprotesters this weekend. - NBCOUT
NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher, center, seated on the floor, during Drag Queen Story Hour in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York.Saturday's protest was just the latest in a string of standoffs across the country from a fringe movement targeting drag events over unsubstantiated allegations of grooming.
New York City Council member Erik Bottcher shared images and videos online of the protesters, some of whom he tried speaking with before entering the children’s reading event.
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