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  • Police were forced to escort a drag queen to safety after library protest Monday 
  • Thames Valley Police were called to a protest of around 25 people at 9:30am 
  • Protestors stormed a ‘Story Hour’ event run for three to 11-year-old children
  • Outside library they shouted at ‘woke’ parents as they walked into ticketed event 
  • Mr Samuel said he was overwhelmed with support from locals who ‘came along and gave their support ‘

Kaya Terry – Mail Online July 27, 2022

Protesters who stormed a library drag queen ‘Story Hour’ have vowed to target future performances and hinted at further action by declaring the ‘first phase’ was done.

The anonymous video supplied to MailOnline showed a demonstrator telling supporters he would be at other events on the tour.

He vowed: ‘I will be at the Oxford ones, the Bristol ones and hopefully I will get to the Leeds one. Those are the ones I am hoping to commit to by swapping days this weekend.

‘We have done the first phase, well done everyone. Top marks for everyone involved.’

It came after police were forced to escort a drag queen to safety after a group of protestors stormed the ‘Story Hour’ event run for three to 11-year-old children at a library.

Thames Valley Police were called to a protest of around 25 people outside a library in Abbey Square, Reading, at around 9.30am on Monday morning.

The demonstrators claimed they had turned up to ‘protect children’ and shouted at ‘woke‘ parents who are ‘probably teaching their children that there are 100 genders’ as they walked inside the ticket-only event.

Drag Queen Story Hour UK is a project run by 27-year-old Sab Samuel who performs as Aida H Dee, wearing multicoloured sequinned outfits with a red wig and heavy make-up.

Mr Samuel is touring Britain across the summer, with almost 70 events in 20 areas of the UK, including Bristol, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and Portsmouth.

The group says the sessions ‘teach inclusivity’ and encourage children to ‘get fabulous’.

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