Posted on 06/13/2019 6:11:17 PM PDT by nwrep
Sparkle Lynn Moore, son of Michele Porter
Pride week in Portland has always been an important holiday in Michelle Porter's family. With two of her five children identifying as queer, Porter says, the annual event—with its colorful parades and performances—has become a fun way to celebrate her kids and support the local LGBTQ+ community.
This year, however, Porter says she's afraid to bring her family to any Portland Pride events.
That's because a few alt-right bloggers have used photos and videos of her 10-year-old son dressed in drag to spread anti-LGBTQ+ messaging across the internet, exposing Porter and her family to death threats and violent hate speech.
"It's so damaging and so, so ugly," says Porter, who hasn't slept the past few nights out of fear and anxiety about her family's safety. "And for this to take place during Pride—a time when I should be celebrating my kid and letting him have fun—it couldn't be worse."
Porter's son has been targeted for putting on drag performances in Portland.
Porter says her son, a "self-confident, flamboyant kid" who has presented himself as gender non-conforming since birth, became interested in drag two years ago after watching RuPaul's Drag Race. After learning that Portland had a thriving drag scene of its own, he begged his mom to take him to a show—and she complied.
"As soon as Sparkle saw them perform, he wanted to be a part of it," Porter says. She asked the Mercury to only refer to her son by his drag name, Sparkle Lynn More, for privacy.
Not long after, Sparkle began participating in family-friendly drag shows with local drag queens. Porter says the local drag community's support of her son's work has been "life-giving."
On June 7, alt-right blog Gateway Pundit released a transphobic diatribe against a family-friendly Portland Pride event featuring Sparkle that took place later that day at Friendly House. The disturbing blog post sexualized children who dress in the opposite gender's clothes and scolded parents who let their kids do such a thing. It also shared photos from Sparkle's Instagram account, which is controlled by Porter.
In lieu of police protection, Porter has found security in another organization, one whose history is built on systematic indifference by law enforcement.
"The queer community has been amazing," Porter says. "They're used to the police not stepping up to protect their community. So they know how to take care of each other."
The two fags in the last photo of post #16 appear to have “adopted” a third world little boy to take home and bugger.
Portland’s version of the Dancing boys of Afghanistan. When will this form of child abuse be stopped!?
Exactly. That's the abuse.
The problem is many-fold -- the kid imitates what he sees on tv, he imitates what he sees on Youtube; and that is, the whole Honey Boo Boo garbage and especially Dance Moms and the unbelievably lewd dancing those moms subject their kids to.
Then Mom encourages him because (a) she's an LQBNUT too, and (b) Dance Moms has normalized that garbage in public:
"Several episodes featured controversial costume choices made by Miller, some of which were criticized by the moms, particularly Lukasiak and Frazier.Due to heavy criticism, the season 2 episode "Topless Showgirls", which aired on March 6, 2012, has been removed from rotation. The episode features the young dancers performing a burlesque-style routine and wearing sequined, flesh-toned bra tops and tights in an effort to make them appear nude.
Miller defends her costume choice saying, "Everyone in the industry knows the girls are completely covered and everything's harmless."-wikipedia
"On October 13, 2015, Abby Lee Miller was indicted in Pittsburgh on charges of concealing her income from her performances on the show in 2012 and 2013. She was charged with bankruptcy fraud, concealment of bankruptcy assets and false bankruptcy declarations in hiding some $755,000. In June 2016, Miller pled guilty to the charges, and entered a plea deal with the IRS. In May 2017, Miller was sentenced to one year and a day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release." -wikipedia
Genesis 19:9
Thanks for posting.
Tho the images of the “readers” are what draws attention, I think it would be very informative to know exactly what books were being read to these children...I suspect the messages in the books would be every bit as jarring as the appearance of DRAG QUEEN readers.
I can’t read the book titles from the photos you posted on my screen, but perhaps you or someone else can provide some of the titles.
God help us!
Nothing short of predatory.
I didn’t notice any smiling dads in those pics. But the same can’t be said for the typical bimbos/moms that adore the “charming” sexualization.
What disturbed me was the audience...So excited, approving, etc.
Of course. Completely-brainwashed by the media, sports, Hollywood, Democrats and yes ...... even some churches now.
sigh
Of course they do, they want to rape him (if it hasn't happened already). If not, he's in for a REALLY BIG surprise.
Mayhe someone should tell him.
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