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."
That is horrific.
IMHO we are in the fast lane now towards “the end”. God is in charge . . .He holds the fate of America and knows when everyone will take their last breath on earth. There just doesn’t seem to be any fear of the Lord these days. The poor children.
Homosexuals argued for equal rights a la marriage because they were NOT created via sexual abuse and were unrelated to pedophiles.
Now they’re defending homosexual pedophilia while allowing pedophiles to rebrand as “minor attracted persons”.
This is proving that homosexuality IS in part tied to pedophilia.
There is data showing this, too.
Prevalence of sexual abuse of homosexual men ranges from 11% to 37%.
74 percent of bisexuals had been sexually abused as children.
Source: Comparative data of childhood and adolescence molestation in heterosexual and homosexual persons.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11501300
this is pedophile being shown in the open....tranvetism is a sexual fetish....transgender while still mental illness is something else.... Glad has always been about normalizing pedophiles. the key to understanding this is that child molesters who molest children who have not reached puberty are attracted to both male and female children though might prefer one victim over the other as far as gender...
LOL
You think I agree with them when they call us Hitler. Ah NO!
Once again, it is the public who have no need to be confused further.
That’s why I try to get through with people who seem to think a special category even more right is a great idea.
It plays right into the Leftists’ hands, as they try to cast us as too far to the right, comparing us to Hitler. Alt Right self identification is a mistake.
Demon cats in their cities are a bunch of demented perverted twisted mental midgets
I remember reading about the “dancing boys” in Afghanistan years back, everyone sane said it was disgusting.
Stomach turning...
No. I don't think that. I do think that you care way too much how our enemies define us.
Alt Right self identification is a mistake.
My point is, we can call ourselves Whackadoo Froghumpers and not have to worry how the enemy defines us.
That's my simple point.
We are free-born men in the USA.
In A Room Where A Dead Man Lie
Look in this kids eyes. He look totally empty headed, just on auto pilot.
Every time somebody gets on the media complaining of death threats and harassment, I reach for my feather boa. This story smells of fake news.
These kids will never have a chance to grow up without someone or some group using them.
That is child abuse.
#25. hey ETL. DIVINE LIVES! Here comes “Hairspray IX” , “Lust in the Dust 20” or “A Whole Flock of Pink Flamingos”.
#49. At least Sendak was pro-children. He didn’t abuse or use them, and his books were really fun for little kids. We used to read them to our children all the time (One is a combat veteran of Iraq and former Police Officer. The other works for DHS, married to a two war combat veteran Marine).
Who knows what are in children’s books being written today. It isn’t friendly monsters, curious kids, and genuine friendship relationships (no causes, just friends).
Man, are you unable to grasp we’re trying to win people to our side?
Evidently that’s a concept that can’t register for you.
Talking free men nonsense has nothing to do with the topic.
We don’t talk about ourselves in terms that bolster what the Left says about us. By doing that we confirm to others what they are saying.
Is it smart to call ourselves alt right? Do we have to do it? Is it going to win us points to do it?
The answer to these questions is no.
It can only hurt us.
So let’s stop doing it.
You can conform to the left's wishes if you like.
I refuse.
And I will not coerce others to conform, which you seem intent on doing.
Question: Do you also recommend not wearing MAGA hats in public since the derps say they're NAZI hats?
Talking free men nonsense has nothing to do with the topic.
It has everything to do with the topic, goodman.
Free men do not take the labels that other men give them. Free men do not alter their speech at the behest of other men. Free men do not fear the scorn of their enemies.
This country is going to take a smiting from the Lord like it’s never taken before. Between the abortion holocaust and the induced perversion of the development of the children who do survive, that punishment will be richly deserved.
She has two homosexual kids? If they’re underage, how in heck does she know? Did her homosexual brother tell her (my assumption)?
source:
Sick/twisted Huff Post
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leander-drag-queen-story-hour_n_5d02ab4be4b0304a120c38f5
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