I was googling Pride events to take my children to when I came across last week’s letter to the editor about the Forest Park Pride Festival and had to respond. For someone who didn’t attend this event that was meant for families and children, I find it odd and unsettling that the individual who penned this letter is so fixated on a drag show where performers were tipped — as is customary at drag shows and something one would know if they ever attended a show — and found something nefarious in how the children at the event (that was, again, designed for them) interacted with the drag performers.
As a parent of a young child, I question the mindset and the disturbing nature of the writer’s thoughts when it comes to children as I don’t know of any adult who would conjure up the image of something deviant or immoral after seeing a photo from this Pride event.
P.S. And for any queens or queers who were offended by Marty’s little note, just remember what the “P” in Marsha P. Johnson stands for: Pay it no mind, darlings.
Brooke Morris-Chott