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Parents outraged after drag queen speaks to students during career day
Fox 31 ^ | 10/23/18 | Kristin Haubrich

Posted on 10/23/2018 1:22:17 PM PDT by Simon Green

Several parents are outraged after a drag queen spoke to their children during Rocky Top Middle School's career day. Now the principal is apologizing for not notifying parents ahead of time.

A police officer, an architect and a drag queen -- a broad range of jobs on career day, but parents say one of them has no business inside a school.

“I was pretty appalled. I was pretty surprised. It was a shock because no one was notified,” parent Jen Payer said.

Ms. Jessica is a gay man who was invited by one of her fans, a Rocky Top student, to come to career day. All of the guests talked about their job and its connection to literacy.

“This person is an adult entertainer and is talking to 12-year-old students about something that’s adult nature,” parent Heather Rogers said.

Rocky Top principal Chelsea Behanna said the event reflected the diversity of the community.

In a letter sent to parents on Monday, she said “Jessica read a chapter from 'Horrible Harry' and she used the text to illustrate the damage bullies can do, the need to always put kindness and acceptance at the forefront, and the shortsightedness of judging a book by its cover.”

Ms. Jessica says she used career day to show kids it’s OK to be different.

“I had a couple kids that were like, 'I’m gay in school and I get bullied every week and I don’t know what to do and just talking to you helped me realize that I can still be me and still be happy,'” Jessica said.

“I got messages being like thank you so much for coming to my class. I was having a really horrible week and you made my day.”

But parents said Jessica was not age appropriate. They said they should have been notified so they could make the decision to have their child attend the career day or not.

“I take responsibility for not notifying families ahead of time and apologize for any stress this has caused you and your child," Behanna said. "Moving forward, a prominent step in planning for next year will be to share the guest list for all families prior to the event.

"Should you feel like any of the sessions are not appropriate for your child, you’ll be welcome to notify us and we’ll make alternate arrangements for your child during that time.”

Meanwhile, Jessica says the negative feedback from some parents won’t stop her from speaking to kids, no matter the age.

“I want to go to more elementary schools because of this experience at Rocky Top. I’ve already reached out to a couple people about how to develop a Ted Talk,” Jessica said.

Jessica uses the stage name “Jessica L’Whor.” She said she introduced herself as Ms. Jessica during career day because she did not think her last name was appropriate for a school setting.


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To: Simon Green
Next week it will be a crack whore, a porn star, a pimp and a dope dealer.

Mainstreaming perversion.

Defining deviancy down.

Slouching towards Gommorah.

21 posted on 10/23/2018 2:02:37 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Simon Green

For further reading....

https://www.pride.com/dragqueens/2018/5/21/18-funniest-drag-queen-names#media-gallery-media-18


22 posted on 10/23/2018 2:04:50 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Simon Green

It’s funny that the girl has no idea that she is taking a picture with her “female” replacement in the post Obama society. These “chicks” with dics are winning races, beauty contests, obtaining affirmative action status and all sorts of goodies. Meanwhile abortion is pushed as a female “human, reproductive right”. Feminism was all a lie.


23 posted on 10/23/2018 2:11:50 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Simon Green
Find out who suggested it, who approved it, and who thought it was a good idea. Then fire them all.
24 posted on 10/23/2018 2:12:59 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: shanover

Drag queens are performers,not transgenders.

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25 posted on 10/23/2018 2:15:27 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Simon Green

We need to start a whole new education system for normal people and just let Democrats have their own schools to teach their kids communism and homosexuality.


26 posted on 10/23/2018 2:26:32 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Simon Green

why is a 12-yo student on a talking-basis with a middle aged drag queen?


27 posted on 10/23/2018 2:30:36 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Simon Green
You're a relative newbie so I guess that cuts you some slack. But how about putting something else in the post that might help readers know where this occurred? Like city and state which you left out when you copied the text:

THORNTON, Colo. -- Several parents are outraged after ...

28 posted on 10/23/2018 2:44:09 PM PDT by CedarDave (Chrissy Blasey Ford and Stormy Daniels are planning a tour and calling it the "Nuts & Sluts Tour.")
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To: Simon Green; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

29 posted on 10/23/2018 2:59:09 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: Simon Green

That’s just ugly.

I’ve seen men in the grocery store decked out as women and a 6’2” man trying to dress and act like a woman just doesn’t work.

The only one he’s fooling is himself.


30 posted on 10/23/2018 3:00:45 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: Simon Green

A subhuman, lowlife “drag queen” is now a “job”?


31 posted on 10/23/2018 3:10:27 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Simon Green

My daughter is a senior in high school.

She is on independent study this year and planning to go to college.

She wants to go to a Christian college now in hopes of avoiding Giblet Studies and Feminism 101 and all of it.


32 posted on 10/23/2018 3:13:09 PM PDT by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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Can you find a lifetime career as a sex worker?


33 posted on 10/23/2018 3:15:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Simon Green

When an employer goes to career day isn’t that called “recruiting”?


34 posted on 10/23/2018 3:16:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: blueplum

That’s what I was wondering.where in his comings and goings did he happen across a drag queen.


35 posted on 10/23/2018 3:22:01 PM PDT by smvoice (2 Cor.5:20. "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ")
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To: NEMDF

I expected to read that the transgender community was upset because drag queens are not really transgender, they are cross-dressers. This guy for example still identifies as a male, and he is gay, meaning he has a same-sex attraction for men.

A trangender woman is a man who identifies as female, and if they were attracted to men, would not call themselves gay, and if they were attracted to women would call themselves lesbian.

Drag queen could be a career, you can make good money as a man dressing up as a woman, apparently.


36 posted on 10/23/2018 3:40:52 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: smvoice

Another is the word.... basically.


37 posted on 10/23/2018 4:29:12 PM PDT by FES0844
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To: FES0844

AMEN!


38 posted on 10/23/2018 4:32:26 PM PDT by smvoice (2 Cor.5:20. "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ")
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To: FES0844

I’m trying to break my granddaughter from saying “BASICALLY”...

She’s 6...
.....


39 posted on 10/23/2018 4:35:42 PM PDT by smvoice (2 Cor.5:20. "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ")
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To: Simon Green

That school is walking distance from my house. So glad my kids are grown up and done with public schools.


40 posted on 10/23/2018 4:39:32 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
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