Two groups faced off outside the Tate Britain art gallery as drag queen Aida H Dee led a story time for children inside.
who Tate described as an “ADHD, neurodivergent, queer hero of literature, theatre, and children’s entertainment.”
LGBTQ rights demonstrators staged a counter-protest against the far-right group Patriotic Alternative on Feb. 11, 2023.“We fight to tell the stories that our government would try to ban if they had the chance,”A pro-drag demonstrator told the BBC that she was protesting the “impingement on LGBTQ people’s rights.”
“I believe that actually panto for example has been a part of all entertainment forever and it fundamentally involves men in dresses telling stories to children.” “We have concerns because we feel that the costume Aida H Dee wears is sexually inappropriate,” she said.
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