Welcome to the a bonus episode of the Dollhouse with Kit Kowalski and Edie Wyatt. We are joined by a special guest, Alexandra who organised in her local community to resist Drag Queen Story Hour being performed at Oakleigh Library (Monash Council).
The Performer, Sam Tea
Sam Tea is an adult performer. His Instagram account reflects this. Some images where taken down, others were re-captioned following the outcry over DQSH.
Sam is definitely an adult performer, winner of the 2020 Adult Industry Award for best drag performance.
Even in cultures where porn is excused, normalised and accepted, it is kept separate from children.
Make ‘Gimp’ word of the week for your 6 year old
Children today know how to Google their favourite performers. When your pre-schooler comes home and asks “Mum can I look up Sam Tea on the iPad?”
Sam’s content is not child appropriate in the library or outside it.
Dan Andrews - “Shameful Conduct”
The Books - It’s not ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’
Drag queens are reading to children, but what are they reading? These are the books to be read.
Jacob's School Play: Starring He, She, and They - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55403768-jacob-s-school-play
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44781697-the-hips-on-the-drag-queen-go-swish-swish-swish
She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49182147-she-s-my-dad
Accreditation
Rainbow Tick - https://rainbowhealthaustralia.org.au/rainbow-tick
https://rainbowvotes.com.au tracks councillors who pledge to pursue Rainbow Tick accreditation (and shames those who disagree)
Reportage Across the Board
Daily Mail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12045249/Monash-Council-cancel-drag-queen-story-event-Oakleigh-Library-following-anti-trans-protest.html
SBS News - https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/drag-childrens-storytime-event-cancelled-in-melbourne-following-violence-threats/wvjcczmj4
Sky News Australia - https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/drag-storytime-event-at-oakleigh-library-cancelled-by-monash-council-on-advice-of-the-police-after-threats-of-violence/news-story/3665fd07ad4f7182ce9c74163a59b8fe
9 News - https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-council-forced-to-call-off-drag-story-time-event-after-threats-of-violence/a63e3aad-a06b-483f-8c32-117e4888559e
The Conversation - “Won’t somebody please think of the children” - https://theconversation.com/wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-children-their-agency-is-ignored-in-the-moral-panic-around-drag-storytime-204182
Real Rukshan - 20 minutes of footage including what happened in the chamber -
https://twitter.com/therealrukshan/status/1651439211734765570
Serial Pests
“Both Pauline Pantsdown and Thomas Sewell are serial pests” - Edie Wyatt
But The Community Wants It
This “sold out” Drag Queen Story Hour was a free event with 15 spaces available.
No-one protests Sam Tea’s adult shows or drag bingo events.
Are we headed toward Texas? Armed protection for Drag Queens - https://nypost.com/2022/08/30/armed-antifa-proud-boys-clash-at-texas-kids-drag-brunch/
Transgender Genocide
Transgender genocide or trans genocide is a term used by scholars and activists to describe an elevated level of systematic discrimination and violence against transgender people.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_genocide
Childhood Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis
A strong desire to be of the other gender or an insistence that one is the other gender
A strong preference for wearing clothes typical of the opposite gender
A strong preference for cross-gender roles in make-believe play or fantasy play
A strong preference for the toys, games or activities stereotypically used or engaged in by the other gender
A strong preference for playmates of the other gender
A strong rejection of toys, games and activities typical of one's assigned gender
A strong dislike of one's sexual anatomy
A strong desire for the physical sex characteristics that match one's experienced gender
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria_in_children
‘Pronouns Are Rohypnol’
An interesting argument about using male pronouns for men - https://fairplayforwomen.com/pronouns/
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Intro song: Bad Girls by MIA
Bonus: Conversation with Alexandra the Andrews-Slayer