Members of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys, the leaders of which are under indictment for seditious conspiracy for their role in the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol, decided to take their bigotry to the Bay area, disrupting a drag queen story time at a library in San Lorenzo, California, KGO ABC-7 in San Francisco reports.
A group of five men entered the San Lorenzo Library Saturday during Drag Queen Story Time, an event put on by the library to celebrate Pride Month. The event, hosted by Kyle Chu, also goes by the drag queen name Panda Dulce, was designed for pre-school children.
The men made homophobic and transphobic remarks against a member of the LGTBQ+ community who was hosting the event,” Alameda County Sheriff’s Dept. Lt. Ray Kelly wrote in an email. “There was no physical violence. Deputies responded to the disturbance and are conducting follow up to identify the group of men and their affiliation. … We will initiate our hate crime protocol and will also address the annoying and harassing of children. More details to follow,” Kelly wrote. “The men were reported to be members of the Proud Boys organization.”