You can’t leave Scotland alone for five minutes without another front opening up in the gender wars. Between legislating for doctor-free gender changes at 16 and housing trans rapists in women’s prisons, the Scots are apparently eager to rebrand themselves as the world’s most achingly progressive nation: Canada without the mounties. Even Justin Trudeau would find all this allyship exhausting.
The latest skirmish is over one of the more colourful imports from the US culture wars, Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH), in which drag artists read to children down the local school or library. Some say this is inappropriate while others insist it’s no different from pantomimes, except Widow Twankie is reading the kids some Dr Seuss.
Douglas Ross disagrees. He does not like it here or there, he does not like it anywhere, but most of all he does not like it in Elgin Library in his Moray constituency. The Scottish Tory leader objected to Moray Council’s announcement of a DQSH event this Saturday for children aged 0 to 6. The occasion is celebration of Pride month, which runs throughout June.
Ross says this is ‘totally inappropriate’ and he has complained to the council.
It’s totally inappropriate to hold a show like this for kids under the age of six.
— Douglas Ross MP MSP (@Douglas4Moray) June 6, 2023
Story time for babies and young kids shouldn’t focus on gender or sexual identity.
That is common sense and on behalf of constituents who’ve contacted me, I’ve raised this with the council. https://t.co/nzoy9v4A4P
This prompted a furious response from Ross Greer, Scottish Green MSP and the wokest ginger this side of Prince Harry. He dragged the Tory for his drag comments, calling him ‘a nasty little bigot’.
You really are a nasty little bigot. Presumably you've never taken your kids to the panto? https://t.co/zs7xqxT0cE
— Ross Greer (@Ross_Greer) June 6, 2023
Scotland, Mr Steerpike says this with love but: take a day off.
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