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A scheduled “Drag Queen Story Hour” at a Pennsylvania library that had drawn opposition was canceled Saturday after a suspicious package was found in the building and two blocks were evacuated after threats were reported, authorities said.
Police evacuated the Lancaster Public Library after the package was found. A state police bomb squad later cleared the library, but police said “additional reported threats” were still being investigated. Residents of the block and another block nearby were told to evacuate, an order lifted several hours later.
A city spokesperson later told LancasterOnline that a dog had alerted on the package and that the contents were later found to be “benign” but “subsequently, we received additional written threats via email.”
Lancaster Pride, the nonprofit group promoting the LGBTQ+ community, later announced on social media that the “Drag Story Hour with Miss Amie” had been canceled, saying “the safety and well-being of our community are of utmost importance to us.”
The event had been publicly advertised, and Libs of TikTok had shared copies of that public advertisement.
Christopher Paul Paolini, aka Miss Amie Vanité, is a drag queen who is scheduled to host a drag queen story hour in Lancaster, PA for “babies and toddlers.”
Christopher has previously referred to people’s children as “s*men demon offspring.”
Is this the kind of person you want… pic.twitter.com/MkwAChtvqH
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 13, 2024
Here at Lancaster Public Library in Pennsylvania, both supporters and protesters had permits and planned to gather over a Drag Story Time.
The event, slated to start at 1pm, has now been cancelled after a “suspicious package” was reportedly found. pic.twitter.com/ngnwaaDSB2
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) March 23, 2024
The police department had announced, “The Pennsylvania State Police bomb squad has cleared the Lancaster Public Library. However, there are additional reported threats that are still being investigated. We are advising the public to remain away from the area of the 100 block of N. Queen Street.”
UPDATE at 12:20 pm: The Pennsylvania State Police bomb squad has cleared the Lancaster Public Library. However, there are additional reported threats that are still being investigated. We are advising the public to remain away from the area of the 100 block of N. Queen Street. https://t.co/o74ZS9VpnR
— Bureau of Police | Lancaster City, PA (@LancasterPolice) March 23, 2024
Tiffany Shirley, president of Lancaster Pride, raged against conservatives who oppose drag queens reading to children, and called it “heartbreaking that individuals wanted to cause harm to children when they were saying that we were causing harm to children, when they’re obviously the credible threat, not us.”
“Hate does not win, and this is going to motivate Lancaster Pride and the LGBTQ+ community in Lancaster to keep making safe events for people to come to and feel safe and be that welcoming city that we say we are,” she claimed.
Tiffany Shirley, president of Lancaster Pride, called it “heartbreaking that individuals wanted to cause harm to children when they were saying that we were causing harm to children, when they’re obviously the credible threat, not us.”
“Hate does not win, and this is going to… pic.twitter.com/watplTCwx1
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) March 23, 2024
Authorities say a “Drag Queen Story Hour” at a Pennsylvania library has been canceled after a suspicious package was found in the building. https://t.co/mteg1xBRAz
— WFMZ-TV 69News (@69News) March 24, 2024
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