Known for their hospitality and community pride, the residents of Jasper welcome you and Winfield West B&B invites you to stay our premier Jasper, Indiana bed and breakfast A stroll along the restored river walk is a perfect afternoon activity. Featuring specialty stores, unique restaurants and an old style German heritage, Jasper’s downtown historic district is a short walk from the banks of the Patoka River. "Our mission to promote and advocate love and equality remains steadfast," the group said.Come experience true Midwestern charm in this beautiful, circa 1880’s Second Empire style home located just a few blocks from the heart of downtown Jasper, Indiana. In its Facebook post, Dubois County Pride said it was "disappointed" by the cancelation, but "in no way deterred." When reached for comment, an admin for the Twitter account said that parents had organized a Facebook group to fight against the show. The page also shared a screenshot of Dubois County Pride's Facebook post announcing the cancelation of the show. "They say no one is trying to confuse, corrupt, or sexualize kids. They say it's just about inclusion and acceptance," the thread's caption reads. It included Dubois County Pride's planned performance. On May 30, the account posted a "Mega Drag Thread" listing several different pride-related drag shows scheduled by various organizations across the country.
With over 1.2 million followers, "Libs of TikTok," reposts and mocks left-wing and LGBTQ+-related TikToks. Pride-related things to do in Evansville: Zoo Brew, dinosaurs and Pride: Here are 12 things to do around Evansville this weekendįrom 2019: EVPL Drag Queen Story Hour is over. Some on social media laid the blame for the cancelation on the "Libs of TikTok" Twitter account. When asked if allowing the show to go on as intended would've created safety concerns, the mayor said his office hadn't had time to evaluate that but it "certainly would open itself up to other unintended consequences." Vonderheide said no specific threats were made against the show, but that he'd seen people were "unhappy" after Dubois County Pride posted about the drag show on Facebook. We have probably as much education to do as anything." I don't claim to be an expert on family-friendly drag shows and I don't think the public understands what that means either. "When we were informed of it, we didn't feel like we were prepared at that time to ensure anything without running it through our departments," Vonderheide said. That led to it not being included on the itineray for Pride in the Park. Jasper Mayor Dean Vonderheide, however, said the drag show was canceled after a "miscommunication" between the event organizers and the city's public works department - the entity that approves requests for public-parks use. Neither Pride nor ONE responded to the Courier & Press's request for comment. The drag performance was supposed to be part of "Pride in the Park" on June 24 at Jasper’s Jaycee Park: an event designed to promote inclusivity and support for the area's LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month.ĭubois County Pride's Facebook post stated the decision to cancel the show, which organizers called family-friendly, was "jointly made" by its organization, City of Jasper officials and the community group ONE - Dubois County. A drag show planned as part of Jasper's LGBTQ Pride Month festivities was canceled Wednesday over "safety and security" concerns, according to a Facebook post from Dubois County Pride.
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