Proud Boys protest a church hosting a Christmas event with a transgender Santa Claus in a tense incident captured in the upcoming HBO Max documentary 'Santa Camp.’
“This is at the heart of the cultural problem in America today,” a Proud Boy tells filmmakers in the clip, explaining their presence at the event. “We’re Proud Boy elves and we’re protesting the outsourcing of our jobs and our bosses.”
Sweeney recalls, “The first thing we heard was the Proud Boys yelling, ‘Keep Christ in Christmas!’ One of them said, ‘The Bible that I read says that this is a sin.’ All I could think was, ‘But Santa’s not in the Bible,’ which you see them scoff at.” But even catcalls from protestors — “Transgenderism is a perversion,” they yell from the sidewalk — can’t dampen the Christmas spirit at the Trans Santa appearance, as children who identify as trans file in to chat and have their photos taken with Levi and “Dr. Claus,” his friend Heidi.
“We witnessed poignant moments between the families and Trans Santa and Dr. Claus — emotional parents thanking them, young people saying it was ‘very empowering,’ to be in their presence, kids asking for hugs and telling jokes,” producer Stacey Reiss tells. “Everyone got emotional when one young person told Trans Santa they were planning to come out fully this year. Seeing themselves represented in Santa made a big difference to these young people.
“It made me realize that there really is a need out there for my visibility,” Levi says. “This event and everything we went through for this film really affirmed for me how important being a ‘Trans Santa’ can be.”
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