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CW: Queerphobia, censorship, discrimination
Berlin loves calling itself the Rainbow Capital. Apparently that rainbow ends at the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district border (I guess it does in other parts as well, but this post is not about that).
A district councillor from the Christian Democrats cancelled drag story hours at a public library, claiming children needed protection from "polarisation." She also objected to a drag performer's stage name, criticised a press release for mentioning that an invited author is a lesbian, and now reportedly wants library press releases "vetted" before publication.
Let's call this what it is: censorship wrapped in polite bureaucratic language. Queer visibility is not "polarising." Bigotry is. Libraries exist to broaden horizons, not to erase people because a politician finds them inconvenient.
The real threats to children are poverty, abuse, neglect and exploitation, not someone reading them a story in fabulous clothes. Diversity isn't something you praise in speeches and ban in practice. If your support for LGBTQIA+ people disappears the moment we become visible, it was never support at all.
#Berlin #LGBTQIA #DragIsNotADanger #StopCensorship #StandWithQueerYouth #NoPasaran
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