Taxpayer money is being funnelled through the health ministry in Baden-Württemberg—a state in southwest Germany—to a drag workshop for children. And all this under the guise of “child and youth protection.”
The local administration’s official website for the event—one of many “protection action days” listed for the coming months—says it is targeted specifically at “queer youth” who will be enabled to “creatively explore gender identity, gender expression and social role expectations.”
Through makeup, costume styling, and performance, the young people develop their own looks and stage performances, which they work on together with experienced drag artists.
Apollo Newsstates that the event is aimed at 14- to 27-year-olds who will be taught dances by drag artists. It is unclear how much money has been handed to its organisation.
The stated aim of this event, which is set to be held in the evening on July 27th, is to protect queer youth “from experiences of discrimination by allowing them to express themselves in a protected and valued manner.” It has received some backlash on social media, but has gone largely unreported.
News of the class comes less than a month after a Christian Social Union (CSU) member in Bavaria was threatened with expulsion from the party for protesting against a separate drag event for children.
A CSU official said it was “inappropriate and out of place” for the individual to attend and speak at the AfD-run demonstration.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
