The Downers Grove Public Library said they've been forced to cancel their October Drag Bingo event for LGBTQ+ teens after many threats.
The Downers Grove Public Library is now caught in the middle of a controversy over a drag queen bingo event in October.The Downers Grove Public Library announced Monday they've been forced to cancel an October Drag Bingo event for LGBTQ teens after threats were made against them.The threats are being investigated by police, library officials said.
The library announced it would host an event on October 11 called Drag Bingo, set to coincide with National Coming Out Day, geared toward seventh to 12th grade students.Drag show canceled after UpRising Bakery vandalized; man facing hate crime charges, police say Those who opposed it say a drag show is, by definition, sexual in nature and does not belong in a taxpayer-funded setting.
The event, one of more than 900 the library hosts every year, cost $125 to put on, an amount they said had already been covered by a donor.
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