This weekend marks a year since protesters believed to be affiliated with the far-right extremist Proud Boys group stormed a Drag Story Hour event at the San Lorenzo Library in Alameda County yelling transphobic and homophobic insults.
"We're implementing volunteer de-escalation marshals to come into our event, so much like the escorts at Planned Parenthood that bring clients to and from the facility," Hamilt said.
"We're going to be taking our performers to and from the places, outside, inside and kind of keeping eyes on our events. We're doing active shooter drill training and de-escalation practices because after Club Q, it's really hard to know what could happen. And we want to really be prepared and knowledgeable in any situation."
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