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More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than one hundred protesters and counter-protesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
Queer and trans protesters, and their allies, blocked a local drag queen from InfoWar representatives. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
And then pro-life protesters showed up… -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
Cedar Park City Council Member Rodney Robinson (l) was one of three Cedar Park council members attending the Drag Story Time protest. -
Just one of the families that attended the story hour, then stayed after to support the LGBTQ community and counterprotesters -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
Two rows of metal fencing divided the two sets of protesters. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY. -
More than 100 protesters and counterprotesters, as well as dozens of police officers, spent Saturday afternoon (June 15) outside Leander Public Library to either condemn or support a kid-friendly, private Pride event put on by a local church. The event, originally intended to be a Drag Queen Story Hour, generated protests from the alt-right and caused the city of Leander to close the library to the public, but anti-LGBTQ (and pro-life) protesters still attended, causing queer and trans activists and allies to come out in response. READ STORY.
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