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House Democrats Vow to Codify ‘Rights’ to Trans Surgeries, Hormones, Puberty Blockers

House Democrats released an agenda Thursday that includes a vow to codify a right to so-called gender-affirming care—transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers.

The promise came within the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ agenda, which House Democrats first shared with NBC News. That agenda includes a slew of left-wing interests, including promises of a higher minimum wage and stronger antitrust laws.

“If the progressive base is not excited and enthusiastic—and if they don’t feel like we are trying to earn their votes and that they are important—then I think the horrific idea of a second Donald Trump presidency could become reality,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who chairs the progressive caucus, told NBC News in an interview. “We cannot afford to let that happen. And we won’t.”

Although NBC claims that the agenda goes “lighter on cultural issues,” under the category “advancing justice,” it promises to “codify the rights of transgender, nonbinary and intersex people, including gender-affirming care and health care.”

Jayapal did not respond to requests for comment for this article explaining what, exactly, codifying a right to “gender-affirming care” would entail.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.—flanked by fellow Democratic Reps. Ann Kuster of New Hampshire and Joe Neguse of Colorado—speaks to reporters on Wednesday. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)

In March 2023, she joined with other Democrats in introducing a “Trans Bill of Rights,” citing the rise in parental rights laws, laws protecting kids from gender transitions, and laws prohibiting boys from participating in girls and women’s sports.

“Day after day, we see a constant onslaught of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation coming from elected officials. Today, we say enough is enough,” Jayapal said at the time.  “Our Trans Bill of Rights says clearly to the trans community across the country that we see you, and we will stand with you, to ensure you are protected and given the dignity and respect that every person should have.”

That legislation would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include gender identity as “protected characteristics.” It would also amend federal education laws to say that they protect kids from being discriminated against based on gender identity.

The Trans Bill of Rights also called for ensuring that “every child has the right to grow up in a supportive environment by having their authentic identity respected in the classroom, ensuring they can participate in school sports with their peers, and ensuring access to an inclusive curriculum.”

It further called for “expanding access” to trans surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers and codifying rights to abortion and contraception.

Jayapal told NBC News that progressive Democrats assume “this is an agenda for a Democratic president with a Democratic Senate and a Democratic House.”

She added: “We have to excite our base. We have to show them what the path forward is—not just say, ‘This is the most important election of your life, and we expect you to vote.’ I don’t think that’s going to turn people out. And so, I think this agenda, really, speaks to the needs of poor people, working people, progressives across the country who want us to make that case to them.”

“We are not seeing the momentum that we would like to see,” she told NBC. We’re going to have a tough election. … We know we’re going to have to put together that progressive coalition. And I think this is the thing that allows us to say, “‘Look, here’s what we’re fighting for.’”

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REPORT: Trans Player Joins San Jose State Women's Volleyball Team

San Jose State University has very quietly added a transgender player to its women's volleyball team without alerting players.

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Federal Court Overturns West Virginia's Trans Sports Ban

A federal court overturned a West Virginia law limiting transgender athletes to playing only in categories that match their birth gender.

The post Federal Court Overturns West Virginia’s Trans Sports Ban appeared first on Breitbart.

Canadian Court Approves Public Funding of 'Gender-Affirming' Surgery

An Ontario, Canada, resident has successfully secured public funding for a specialized "gender-affirming" medical procedure in which a vaginal cavity is surgically created while keeping the penis intact.

The post Canadian Court Approves Public Funding of ‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery appeared first on Breitbart.

J.K. Rowling Rips Leftists, Celebrities After Medical Review Rejects Transing Children

Famed "Harry Potter" writer J.K. Rowling went on an extended X rant to blast the left for the harm it has done to children after the release of an important medical study in the U.K. that shows that her stance against widespread transgenderism was right all along.

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ESPN's Katie Barnes Says Trans Athletes Do Have Physical Advantages in Some Sports

ESPN reporter Katie Barnes told CNN she thinks transgender athletes competing in women's sports do have a physical advantage in some, but not all, disciplines.

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Two Republicans Help Democrats Block Protections for Girls' Sports in Nebraska

Two Republicans joined Democrats in blocking legislation that would have stopped transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports in K-12 schools in Nebraska.

The post Two Republicans Help Democrats Block Protections for Girls’ Sports in Nebraska appeared first on Breitbart.

NAIA Bans Transgender Athletes from Women's Sports

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) approved a measure on Monday that would block any male identifying as a female from infiltrating women's sports.

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Vatican Warns: Surrogacy, Trans Surgeries, Gender Ideology Violate Human Dignity

The Vatican on Monday issued a declaration, “Dignitas Infinita,” on human dignity, warning that the practice of surrogacy, transgender surgeries, and gender theory are contrary to human dignity.

“In the face of so many violations of human dignity that seriously threaten the future of the human family, the Church encourages the promotion of the dignity of every human person, regardless of their physical, mental, cultural, social, and religious characteristics,” the document says. “The Church does this with hope, confident of the power that flows from the Risen Christ, who has fully revealed the integral dignity of every man and woman.”

The name of the document translates to “Infinite Dignity,” and it’s a five-year-long product of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that reaffirms Catholic Church teaching on the topics. It addresses a number of weighty topics that have entered the political sphere, including surrogacy.

“The Church also takes a stand against the practice of surrogacy, through which the immensely worthy child becomes a mere object,” the document states.

“First and foremost, the practice of surrogacy violates the dignity of the child,” it continues. “Indeed, every child possesses an intangible dignity that is clearly expressed—albeit in a unique and differentiated way—at every stage of his or her life: from the moment of conception, at birth, growing up as a boy or girl, and becoming an adult.

“Because of this unalienable dignity, the child has the right to have a fully human (and not artificially induced) origin and to receive the gift of a life that manifests both the dignity of the giver and that of the receiver,” the document adds.

It also addresses “critical issues present in gender theory,” warning that “it intends to deny the greatest possible difference that exists between living beings: sexual difference.”

“This foundational difference is not only the greatest imaginable difference, but is also the most beautiful and most powerful of them,” the Vatican document says. “In the male-female couple, this difference achieves the most marvelous of reciprocities. It thus becomes the source of that miracle that never ceases to surprise us: the arrival of new human beings in the world.”

As for attempted sex-change operations, “Dignitas Infinita” emphasizes that the “dignity of the body cannot be considered inferior to that of the person as such.” It quotes the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states that “the human body shares in the dignity of ‘the image of God.’”

“Any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception,” the document states. “This is not to exclude the possibility that a person with genital abnormalities that are already evident at birth or that develop later may choose to receive the assistance of health care professionals to resolve these abnormalities. However, in this case, such a medical procedure would not constitute a sex change in the sense intended here.”

The post Vatican Warns: Surrogacy, Trans Surgeries, Gender Ideology Violate Human Dignity appeared first on The Daily Signal.

U.S. Bishop Slams Joe Biden’s ‘Offensive’ Coopting of Easter for Transgender Day

Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge said Thursday that President Joe Biden showed a lack of integrity by proclaiming on Good Friday that March 31, 2024 -- which was Easter Sunday -- was Transgender Day of Visibility.

The post U.S. Bishop Slams Joe Biden’s ‘Offensive’ Coopting of Easter for Transgender Day appeared first on Breitbart.

Study: Most Children Confused About Their Sex Grow Out of It as Adults

A majority of children who are confused about their sex grow out of that feeling by the time they become adults, according to a 15-year-old study.

The post Study: Most Children Confused About Their Sex Grow Out of It as Adults appeared first on Breitbart.

Nebraska Democrat Censured for Pro-Life Views Before Switching to Republican Party

The Nebraska Democrat party censured State Sen. Mike McDonnell on March 2 for his pro-life views and his refusal to comply with the transgender activist agenda, before he ultimately switched to the Republican Party on Wednesday.

The post Nebraska Democrat Censured for Pro-Life Views Before Switching to Republican Party appeared first on Breitbart.

Detransitioner Crashes Disney Shareholder Meeting, Blames Company for Her Body Being ‘Irreversibly Damaged’

A former transgender person who has detransitioned crashed Disney's shareholder meeting on Wednesday by calling into the public line and accusing the studio of pressuring young girls into undergoing sex-change procedures.

The post Detransitioner Crashes Disney Shareholder Meeting, Blames Company for Her Body Being ‘Irreversibly Damaged’ appeared first on Breitbart.

REPORT: Bearded Trans Player Who Injured Opponent Was Suspended from Rowing Team for Leering at Girls

A six-foot-tall man with a beard playing as a "transgender female" on a Massachusetts charter school girls basketball team who was seen on video brutally knocking down a female player on the court was the same player reportedly suspended from another team because he was caught leering at a half nude girl in a girl's locker room.

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Biden DOJ Targets Utah Prisons After Trans Prisoner Removes His Own Testicles

President Joe Biden’s Justice Department announced Wednesday that it had filed a lawsuit accusing the state of Utah, and its Department of Corrections, of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act in failing to give a man hormones for his gender dysphoria.

The prisoner, who identifies as a transgender woman, is said to have requested to purchase women’s clothing and “personal items in the commissary,” such as women’s underwear and makeup.

He also wanted to be housed with female prisoners, the DOJ said. The Utah Department of Corrections assigns prison accommodations based upon sex at “commitment,” when staffers conduct a visual search of genitals, according to the Justice Department.

The Utah Department of Corrections did not grant those requests, the DOJ said, accusing the Utah agency of causing the man’s gender dysphoria to worsen.

“Twenty-two months after entering custody,” the DOJ said, the trans-identifying prisoner “performed dangerous self-surgery and removed [his] own testicles.”

“People with gender dysphoria, including those held in jails and prisons, are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and are entitled to equal access to medical care, just like anyone else with a disability,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement.

“Delays or refusals to provide medical treatment for people with gender dysphoria can cause irreparable harm, including debilitating distress, depression, attempts at self-treatment and even death by suicide,” Clarke added. “The Civil Rights Division is committed to protecting the rights of all people with disabilities in our country, including those who experience gender dysphoria—and those rights are not given up at the jailhouse door.”

The DOJ also accused the Utah Department of Corrections of “imposing unnecessary eligibility criteria for assessment and treatment for gender dysphoria that it does not require for other conditions.” A letter of findings to the Utah agency states that the prison system routes requests for “medical care” for gender dysphoria through its gender dysphoria committee.

If a man in the Utah Department of Corrections self-identifies as a transgender woman, he will have to request an evaluation by the agency’s mental health staff, and these staffers then present their findings to the gender dysphoria committee. The committee will decide whether or not to refer the man to a health care provider for a diagnostic evaluation for gender dysphoria, and if the committee approves the evaluation, the Department of Corrections will refer the individual to its contract psychologist, according to the letter of findings.

“If the committee denies the evaluation, the incarcerated person must wait one year before they are eligible to request diagnostic services again,” the letter said. “After a diagnostic assessment, [the Utah Department of Corrections] medical staff will consider the psychologist’s recommendations and may order treatment with hormones, but not ‘[c]osmetic or elective surgical procedures for the purpose of sex reassignment.’”

The Justice Department claims that the committee included people who were reluctant to prescribe hormones for gender dysphoria, calling that “overt bias against the individuals seeking care.”

When the Department of Corrections finally allowed the prisoner identified in the Justice Department’s lawsuit to start hormonal medication, the DOJ claimed, the prisoner’s Department of Corrections doctor tried to talk him out of taking hormones. The DOJ claims that the doctor then failed to take “basic steps to ensure that it was provided safely and effectively,” such as conducting routine laboratory testing.

The Justice Department is calling on the Utah agency to adopt, revise, and implement new policies that let men who think they are women or women who think they are men to obtain “health care services” for gender dysphoria, and to “reasonably modify UDOC policies, practices, and procedures when necessary to ensure that individuals with gender dysphoria have equal access to all UDOC services, programs, and activities including commissary, pat and visual searches, housing, and required and optional programming.”

The Utah Department of Corrections said in a March 12 statement that it is working to address the “complex” issue and described itself as “blindsided” by the DOJ’s announcement regarding its findings in March.

“We have also taken steps on our own, and as a state, to address the needs of inmates while maintaining the highest safety standards,” Executive Director Brian Redd said in a statement. “We fundamentally disagree with the DOJ on key issues, and are disappointed with their approach.”

The post Biden DOJ Targets Utah Prisons After Trans Prisoner Removes His Own Testicles appeared first on The Daily Signal.

'Faux Outrage': Transgender Levine Dismisses Public Anger over Easter Provocation

President Joe Biden's top transgender appointee dismissed the public's opposition to his promotion of pro-transgender policies during Christianity's Easter holy days.

The post ‘Faux Outrage’: Transgender Levine Dismisses Public Anger over Easter Provocation appeared first on Breitbart.

Trump: Election Day Will Be ‘Christian Visibility Day’

Former President Donald Trump declared that the November election will be "Christian Visibility Day" in opposition to President Joe Biden's declaration of "Transgender Day of Visibility" on March 31, which coincided with Easter Sunday this year.

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EXCLUSIVE: Movie Would Share ‘Gut-Wrenching Story’ of Man Who Tried to Become a Trans Woman

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Cross-dressed by his grandmother as a child, abused by his uncle, confused and hurting, Walt Heyer sought to become a woman. As a young man, he underwent attempted gender-reassignment surgery, lived as a trans-identifying woman for eight years, and ultimately detransitioned.

Heyer, now 83, has spent the past few decades offering support to men and women who also have been taught to believe they were born in the wrong body. As part of that effort, he told The Daily Signal, he’s written a number of books and answered “thousands” of letters from individuals, often men, who seek his help.

Now, he’s partnering with Ascend Pictures Productions to produce a movie about his story, tentatively titled “Who Am I.” That movie will pose the question, Heyer says: “Who do we think we are?”

“There’s been nothing like it,” he said in a Tuesday telephone interview. “It is a powerful movie.”

Heyer knows his story has inspired many people, and he believes it should be shared through movie. When he was only 4 years old, he has shared, his grandmother would secretly dress him in a purple chiffon dress.

The attention and affirmation—which made Heyer feel very special as a child—“would be his mustard seed of torment.”

His film’s website shares: “The dress also became a source of his turmoil once his parents found out about his secret. His father’s spankings became more intense and also led to his being sexually abused by his uncle. This manifested into Walt’s affliction—thoughts and feelings that maybe he should have been born a girl. Andrea and then Laura were born in his mind, and they wanted Walt gone.”

Walt Heyer wants to share his experience with gender transitioning and detransitioning in a movie for the benefit of others who might be experiencing the same gender dysphoria he once did. (Photo: Walt Heyer)

Heyer sought transgender treatments that “promised relief,” but those treatments only “led to the destruction of his marriage, his family, and his career.” The movie would explore Heyer’s journey, he said, which includes his ultimate discovery of his Christian faith and the “road back to redemption” and forgiveness.

Heyer emphasized to The Daily Signal that he wants the film to focus on sharing his story, rather than being preachy: “We really want it to appeal to people who don’t know Jesus. And I think it will.”

He wants viewers to understand that the issues he was dealing with, and the issues that other individuals who try to transition are experiencing, go much deeper than gender. And gender therapists are not going to be able to help individuals struggling in this way, Heyer maintains.

But the movie will need financial support to make it happen. Heyer encourages supporters to visit the prospective film’s website, where they can sign up for updates.

“We need support,” he noted. “We need the crowdfunding to get it off the ground. Crowdfunding is the most important part.”

The post EXCLUSIVE: Movie Would Share ‘Gut-Wrenching Story’ of Man Who Tried to Become a Trans Woman appeared first on The Daily Signal.

ABC's Hostin: Right Is 'Misrepresenting the Message of Jesus'

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Tuesday on ABC's "The View" that the right was "misrepresenting the message of Jesus and Christianity."

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Nolte: Joe Biden Is So Worried About Losing to Trump He Defiled Easter

Nolte: Joe Biden is so worried about losing the election that he abused his presidential power to turn the holiest day on the Christian calendar into something sacrilegious.

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Carville: Biden Didn't Know Easter Was Trans Visibility Day, No One in the White House Knew There Was Easter Overlap

On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Democratic strategist James Carville reacted to criticism of the Biden White House for its proclamation of Transgender Day of Visibility falling on Easter by stating, “as if Biden even knew it was” Transgender Day

The post Carville: Biden Didn’t Know Easter Was Trans Visibility Day, No One in the White House Knew There Was Easter Overlap appeared first on Breitbart.

'This Is Abuse': Latino Radio Host Slams Joe Biden on Easter Transgenderism

President Joe Biden's religious-themed celebration of transgenderism during Easter weekend may further damage his tepid support among the many American voters who are Hispanic and Christian.

The post ‘This Is Abuse’: Latino Radio Host Slams Joe Biden on Easter Transgenderism appeared first on Breitbart.

Elliot Page, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette, Carly Rae Jepsen, Others Lambaste Anti-Grooming Policies in Canada

Actors Elliot Page and singers Alanis Morissette, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Elvis Costello, and hundreds of others in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter against anti-grooming policies in Canada.

The post Elliot Page, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette, Carly Rae Jepsen, Others Lambaste Anti-Grooming Policies in Canada appeared first on Breitbart.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Praised Trans People for 'Courage and Resilience' on Easter Day

Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued an official statement recognizing "Transgender Day of Visibility" on Sunday, as the Biden administration faces backlash for celebrating it on the same day as Easter, one of the holiest days in the Christian religion.

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'It's Easter Today, Ma'am': Kamala Harris Also Celebrated Cesar Chavez Day

Far leftists not only tried to devalue Easter by celebrating "Transgender Day of Visibility" on Easter Sunday; Vice President Kamala Harris also used the opportunity to celebrate César Chávez Day.

The post ‘It’s Easter Today, Ma’am’: Kamala Harris Also Celebrated César Chávez Day appeared first on Breitbart.

D.C. Cardinal Slams Joe Biden as ‘Cafeteria Catholic’

Washington, D.C., Cardinal Wilton Gregory slammed President Joe Biden on Sunday for being a “cafeteria Catholic,’’ picking and choosing what doctrines he wants to believe in; he cited the president's support for "abortion rights" and transgender “visibility” as examples.

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Biden Bizarrely Denies Declaring Easter Sunday 'Transgender Day of Visibility'

President Joe Biden reportedly denied declaring Easter Sunday the "Transgender Day of Visibility," despite issuing a very clear proclamation on Good Friday, which stated in part, "I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility."

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Children TV Channel Cartoon Network Celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility

Cartoon Network -- whose animated programming caters primarily to children and young viewers -- has publicly voiced support for the "Transgender Day of Visibility," which took over Easter Sunday this year. In a celebratory Instagram post, the network offered adulation to what it called its "transgender and gender non-conforming family."

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'They Want You to Hate!': Magic's Jonathan Isaac Blasts Biden for Trans Visibility Day

On Saturday, the White House declared Easter Sunday to be Transgender Visibility Day, a decision that prompted an outcry from the faithful, including Magic forward Jonathan Isaac.

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Warnock: Right Using Faith as a Weapon to Beat Transgender People Down

By: Pam Key · Pam Key

Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that Republicans are using faith as a weapon to beat down transgender people.

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'Transgender Day of Visibility' Is Just One of 50+ LGBTQIA2S+ Celebrations

Many Americans may be unaware that there are more than 50 LGBTQIA2S+-themed holidays. Transgender Day of Visibility was already on the calendar before this week.

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'Gross and Evil': Biden White House Disrespects Easter

The Biden White House has specifially banned religious-themed art from this year's Easter egg art contest.

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Florida GOP Blasts Biden for Declaring Easter Sunday 'Transgender Day of Visibility'

Republican Party of Florida chairman Evan Power blasted President Joe Biden on Saturday for declaring March 31, 2024, Easter Sunday, "Transgender Day of Visibility."

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Joe Biden Declares Easter Sunday 'Transgender Day of Visibility'

President Joe Biden's White House has declared the holiest of Christian holidays "Transgender Day of Visibility."

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Dutch Dart Champions Quit Over 'Shame' of Playing with Trans Teammate

A pair of Dutch female dart players have quit their roles on the Dutch National women's dart team saying that they feel "ashamed" off playing

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Leftist Spending Spree: MacKenzie Scott Gives $640 Million to Groups Including Supporters of Trans Athletes, Migrant Criminals

MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is giving most of her $640 million in new charitable donations to radical left-wing organizations that push extreme agendas, including providing assistance for migrant criminals, and male athletes competing in women's sports.

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LGBT Community Melts Down After Biological Male Voice Actor Accuses Game Developer of 'Transphobia'

Behaviour Interactive, the developers behind the popular online survival horror game Dead By Daylight, have found themselves facing controversy after the recent addition of a new character sparked allegations of transphobia from the character's transgender voice actor. 

EXCLUSIVE: DC Library Sought to Hire Ex-Felon for Drag Queen Story Hour

FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: A District of Columbia library sought to engage a drag queen with a criminal background to perform at pride-themed Drag Story Hours for children.

A staff member at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library solicited drag queen Latrice Royale, otherwise known as Timothy Wilcots, to sing and dance in drag before children, according to an email obtained by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news outlet).

According to that May 17, 2023, email, the library employee was under the impression that the LGBTQ organization the Human Rights Campaign would pay the drag queen’s travel fees and $10,000 performance fee. Wilcots ultimately proved too pricey for the event, the HRC’s Brandon Hooks shared in a later email (neither Hooks nor the HRC responded to requests for comment).

“Before I ping her manager again, I just want to make sure HRC would be able to cover 10k fee plus, hotel, ground, and air. Please let me know if this is possible,” wrote the library’s youth services manager, Paula Langsam. The library did not immediately address The Daily Signal’s inquiries.

I’m 52 today!!! #BirthdayGirl pic.twitter.com/SlDqcMniVt

— Latrice Royale Inc. (@LatriceRoyale) February 12, 2024

That email was addressed to both Hooks and Amy Oden of the HRC. The email’s subject line read: “Pride Family Day at MLK Update.”

Wilcots, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment, was previously arrested and incarcerated for possession of oxycodone, clonazepam, cannabis, and ecstasy, court records show.

Wilcots has described his time in prison in a number of media interviews since then.

The library’s interest in Wilcots, despite his criminal background, underscores concerns that drag queen story hour organizers are failing to perform background checks on the adults who dress in drag and read LGBTQ books to children at drag queen story hours.

Wilcots is a biological man who stands at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, weighing almost 400 pounds. When dolled up and wearing heels, one media report says, Wilcots “towers close to seven feet tall.” He is legally married to a man, describes himself as “large and in charge chunky yet funky bold and beautiful,” and has over a million followers on social media.

Drag queen story hours began as niche events on the West Coast that spread to libraries and schools across the U.S. The official Drag Queen Story Hour website boasts of almost 50 independently operated chapters across the U.S., including in New York City, D.C., and Chicago, as well as two international chapters in Tokyo and in Berlin.

According to the Drag Queen Story Hour’s official website, the events are designed to be about 45 minutes long for children aged 3 to 8 years old and intended to capture children’s imagination and help children explore their gender fluidity through “glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.”

For example, The Daily Signal previously reported that drag queen “VV Majesty” led a Capital Pride Alliance drag queen story hour in Washington, D.C., where “VV Majesty” read a book about a trans-identifying little boy to toddlers.

The drag queen was dressed in a voluminous tulle princess dress with a black bodice and an exposed red bra—a “fairy rose princess,” as the drag queen told The Daily Signal. He also sported a long black wig, a three-horned crown with red paper roses on it, and a large glittery necklace.

Critics on both sides of the aisle have expressed strong concerns about lasciviously dressed men, often in corsets, heels, wigs, and heavy makeup, reading books about gender ideology to very young children.

These concerns are heightened by news reports, such as the arrest of a Milwaukee judge on child pornography charges. That judge was the former president of an organization sponsoring Drag Queen Story Hour

The Justice Department sentenced Brett Blomme in December 2021 to nine years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography showing abuse of young boys. At his sentencing, District Judge James Peterson described the child pornography that Blomme was distributing as “the worst of the worst.”

Drag queens who perform for children at story hours insist that they are well intentioned.

“I’m a nonviolent offender, not a child molester, or a pedophile,” Wilcots reportedly said in an interview with NewNowNext. “I wasn’t standing in front of schools targeting kids.” 

Today in DC: a @CapitalPrideDC sponsored drag queen story hour takes place at Stead Park. Drag queen reads a book about gender ideology to a big crowd of little kids and enthusiastic parents. pic.twitter.com/GrZ7LBQHBq

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) June 10, 2023

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REPORT: Planet Fitness Value Takes $400 Million Nosedive Following Trans Bathroom Controversy

Planet Fitness lost $400 million drop in market value after canceling the gym membership of a person who photographed a trans person in the women's locker room.

U.S. Intelligence Official Claims 'Crossdressing' Makes Him Better at 'Understanding Foreign Actors'

A United States intelligence official recently wrote in a newsletter published by the director of National Intelligence's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Office that crossdressing makes him better understand "foreign actors" and that "wearing a bra" helps him be more supportive of women.

J.K. Rowling Threatens Legal Action Against Transgender Fan Site for Posting Claims about Family

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has threatened to take "legal action" against a transgender-themed fan site for spreading what Rowling said are lies about the novelist's family.

High Schoolers Walk Out as Adults Push Transgenderism

High school girls and boys are protesting the official push for shared restrooms at John Jay High School in Wappingers Central School District in New York State.

White House: Our Initiative to Address Diseases that Impact Women Differently Will Include People Born Male

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” White House Gender Policy Council Director Jennifer Klein stated that President Joe Biden’s women’s health initiative is designed to address underfunding and understudying of women’s health research and “looks at diseases…where women have

New Zealand’s prime minister goes viral for being unable to define what a woman is  

New Zealand’s prime minister goes viral for being unable to define what a woman is  
New Zealand has gone from a woke female prime minister who trampled upon the civil rights of her citizens using a violent incident as a pretext, while putting them in harm’s way of jihadists due to her reckless immigration policies, to having a male prime minister who professes not to know what a woman is. […]

UK schools don’t tell parents when kids ‘change gender,’ force classmates to accept gender swaps

UK schools don’t tell parents when kids ‘change gender,’ force classmates to accept gender swaps
Transgenderism is now deeply entrenched institutionally in Western countries, many times against the rights of children and their parents. The degree of its rapid advance is troubling. How could such a violation of rights happen so quickly? Where were level-headed teachers in schools, not only in Britain but across the board? Perhaps they were bullied […]

Just Four Days After Christian School Murders, Biden Goes Full-Throttle on Trans Madness

Just Four Days After Christian School Murders, Biden Goes Full-Throttle on Trans Madness
New in PJ Media: On the same day that his principal opponent was indicted on the most dubious of charges, our Supreme Leader Joseph R. Biden Jr. proclaimed Friday to be the Transgender Day of Visibility, complete with a presidential proclamation. With six people dead in Nashville at the hands of a “transgender American” just four […]

Congresswoman demands answers over DC children’s hospital Youth Pride Clinic’s ‘life-altering gender procedures’

Congresswoman demands answers over DC children’s hospital Youth Pride Clinic’s ‘life-altering gender procedures’
It’s about time. There’s much work to do to start protecting children from a dangerous element of the trans community that has mutated into a cult, and is now inflicting grooming and mutilation upon children, allegedly without parental consent. 🚨BREAKING EXCLUSIVE REPORT🚨 .@ChildrensNatl admits in damning audio recording that they do “gender affirming” hysterectomies on […]

Ireland: police and teachers fear losing jobs over state-backed transgenderism

Ireland: police and teachers fear losing jobs over state-backed transgenderism
Ireland is now a perfect example of how fascism grows: fear of the state develops after politicians fully surrender to special interest groups or to certain ideologies. If police, the military and the media then capitulate to these politicians, who represent the state, then the host society is lost, along with the rights of its […]

J.K. Rowling: ‘There is something dangerous’ about transgender movement ‘and it must be challenged’

J.K. Rowling: ‘There is something dangerous’ about transgender movement ‘and it must be challenged’
Despite vicious woke attacks against acclaimed Harry Potter author J.K Rowling, she refuses to back down from her warranted criticism of the trans movement, which has gone out of control. “I can only say that I’ve thought about it deeply and hard and long and I’ve listened, I promise, to the other side. I believe […]
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