Flying "pride" flags

is one thing but demanding they be flown is another. Also demanding that very young children be introduced to LGBTQI+  "identities and culture" is another. 

Having a "drag  queen" reading stories to young children in libraries is not something I would feel happy about participating in. If adults want that sort of entertainment that's up to them. I don't understand how it can be entertainment but then I don't understand how "rap" performances are seen as entertainment either. I just accept that other people feel differently.

But children's entertainment is different. Children don't have the same opportunity to choose, to accept or reject, to make judgments. They don't have the life experiences or the understanding. They may well know that there are "boys" and "girls" and that there are differences. To be told that "boys can be girls" and "girls can be boys" or "some people are not boys or girls" is simply confusing and unnecessary. 

LGBTQI+ people are a miniscule proportion of the general population but they get far more attention than other groups. Within that there is an even smaller group who claim "discrimination" and demand attention. They claim all sorts of "inequalities" and "lack of acceptance" but is it really the case? Many of the issues around marriage and inheritance have long since disappeared. Yes, there are issues in sport and in the placement of prisoners. There are still a minority of people who will discriminate against anyone with a different sexual orientation but does that really demand the level of attention demanded?

This was under discussion yesterday. This morning I had an email from someone who told me her neighbour's grandchildren had been exposed to a  drag queen reading to them. The daughter and son-in-law were very unhappy about this. It was handled in a way which meant they were not made aware of the "nature of the entertainment" until it was too late. English is not their first language. They had no idea what was involved. The nursery school in question told them the session was "story telling by a performer". Perhaps it was but that was only part of the story.

There are undoubtedly other parents who feel pressured into exposing their children to this sort of "culture". Not to do so would open them up to charges of discrimination, of lack of acceptance and more. That may not necessarily be the case. It might just be that, like many people, they think sexuality is a private matter which should not be flaunted. 

Or should we give people of a different sexual orientation not just equal rights but greater consideration?