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OLD NICK'S DRAG EVENT SUCCESSFUL DESPITE NATION-WIDE HATE-MONGERING, LOCAL INTIMIDATION

by JAMES CROXTON | MARY BELL

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This year, the far right launched an intensified effort across the United States to intimidate, attack, and ultimately stifle the LGTBQIA+ community. Family-friendly drag queen storytime events were some of the most frequent targets, with attacks in California, Iowa, Florida, Minnesota, and Arizona among other places.. On Oct. 31, a donut shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma was even firebombed with a Molotov cocktail.

Oregon is no different., in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, a Twitter account run by Chelly Bouferrache—using the handle @hunnybadgermom—posted a thread about the following weekend’s Drag Queen Story Time Brunch at Old Nick’s Pub in Eugene. It featured an 11-year-old performer, Vanellope MacPherson Dupont.

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