Posted on 07/20/2020 5:36:56 PM PDT by lightman
Photos of a dunk tank posted to the Bloomsburg Fair’s Facebook page have drawn criticism for transphobia, even after they have been removed.
The dunk tank, according to the initial post made by the fair, was part of an effort to raise money for fire companies in the Bloomsburg area. The post included photos of someone in a dunk tank wearing a dress and wig, meant to resemble Dr. Rachel Levine, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
“Dr. Levine? Thank you. You were a hit and raised a lot of money for the local fire companies,” the post read. It goes on to say “Wonder why so many were trying to dunk you” with a smiling emoji, suggesting disapproval or dissatisfaction with the state’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Levine, a transgender woman, has been at the forefront of Pennsylvania’s coronavirus response as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health under Gov. Tom Wolf. This has led to her being targeted by critics of the state’s shutdowns and health mandates, criticism often accompanied by attacks on Levine’s identity.
READ MORE: ‘Please don’t misgender me’: Reporter calls Pa. health secretary ‘sir’ multiple times during interview
The post has since been removed from the Bloomsburg Fair’s website, but not before images of it were captured and began to circulate on social media. Several comments condemning the event and demanding apologies for Levine and the LGBTQ+ community were also made on the fair’s other posts.
The Bloomsburg Fair has yet to issue a public comment on the post or the dunk tank, and as of publishing did not reply to requests for comment on this story.
“Bloomsburg Fair [Columbia County] shared these photos from their offensive fundraising activity focusing on the pandemic and the highly decorated Dr. Rachel Levine,” said Justin M. Correll, board member of the NEPA Rainbow Alliance, on his own Facebook page. “There is no way for them to state that this was a slip of the keys or accidentally clicking post. This was a fully thought out episode of a clear lack of judgment, criticizing both personally & professionally a well-respected medical professional and all out display of hate. This bigotry is clearly not an accident as the post and multiple pictures from the event are depicted.”
Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims, a graduate of Bloomsburg University, made the following statement on Twitter, denouncing the dunk tank and the Bloomsburg Fair’s actions:
BLOOMSBURG: As an extremely proud @BloomsburgU alum, and as someone who truly loves the Town of Bloomsburg, I can’t begin to say how disgusted I am with the transphobia that occurred at, and was subsequently promoted by, the @BloomsburgFair today. 1/5 pic.twitter.com/j4U3ZROp0h — Brian Sims (@BrianSimsPA) July 20, 2020
The Pa. Department of Health did not have a response to this story, other than to refer to a statement made by the Pennsyvlania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs in June defending her public service record and denouncing the “vile and toxic transphobia” which is sometimes spread by her critics.
“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, Pennsylvanians have tremendously benefited from the steadfast leadership of Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine,” read a statement by the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs made in June, a response to other instances of transphobic comments or actions made toward the secretary.
The statement continued, stating, “Week after week, members of the LGBTQ community and thousands of Pennsylvanians have tuned in to be informed by our Health Secretary only to be assaulted by streams of comments and slurs aimed directly at Dr. Levine and indirectly at all transgender Pennsylvanians. Whether a member of the media is misgendering her or social media comments are lobbed her way, we admire how Dr. Levine has shown poise and the highest degree of professionalism.”
Fugly.
Bloomsburg, site of Bloomsburg U, is a hotbed of left wing psychopathy.
I’ve been to better fairs, too, but the helicopter ride was interesting. (Probably discontinued now.)
And where was her own grandmother?
Moved out of the nursing home right before the the infected were moved in!
Dr. Freakazoid is making PA a national laughingstock.
Levine: “please don’t mis-gender Me.”
CC: “It would seem that you’ve beaten me to it, sir”.
Maybe that's why they like dicking us...to make us feel as powerless as they are.
From my experience they’re manifestly unhappy people no matter what clothing they’re wearing. They’re searching for happiness and they latch onto this idea of gender dysphoria as the explanation of all their problems, tied up in a bow. When they go through all the rigamarole, hormones, surgery, etc. and are still unhappy it’s a serious disappointment. I think that’s why the suicide rate among transgenders is stratospherically high.
CC
So Levine the tranny likes to be referred to as a female. I think fat dude in a dress is more descriptive of what he is.
It’s a face that would give nightmares to Freddy Kruger.
Yeah, Brian Sims was the pickle smooching guy who went around to Planned Parenthoods attacking a ProLifers and acting like an imbecile.
Pro-abortion advocate Rep. Brian Sims from Pennsylvania made his Twitter account private following a pro-life rally held in Philadelphia last week. The rally was organized by The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh in response to Sims’ harassment of pro-life volunteers who prayed outside a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2u1xTYAmhqo
Fill it with acid and dunk “it” in.
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