Parents’ fury as secondary school urges kids as young as 11 to wear ‘full-blown drag’ for Pride Day… while drag queen will talk to pupils about ‘homophobia and mental health’
- Children as young as 11 are been urged by school to dress in drag for Pride Month
- New Mills School in Derbyshire are hosting ‘Drag ‘n’ Rainbows’ day on June 16
A secondary school has asked young children to dress up as drag queens for Pride Day and listen to a talk by a controversial performer.
The non-uniform day at New Mills School in Derbyshire has been dubbed ‘Drag ‘n’ Rainbows’.
It will feature a talk from Sab Samuel, an author also known by the stage name Aida H Dee, who runs Drag Queen Story.
A letter was sent out to parents about the June 16 event, which is being held to mark Global Pride Month.
It reads that the school is ‘encouraging all students of all genders to wear something rainbow or colourful.
The day will feature a talk from Sab Samuel, an author also known by the stage name Aida H Dee, who runs Drag Queen Story
‘They may express themselves by doing something small like wearing a tutu, make-up, or painting their nails, to going all out in full-blown drag,’ the letter said, the Telegraph reports.
Science teacher Thomas Robertson, with the backing of the headteacher Heather Watts, insisted that ‘drag is an art form that is fundamental to the LGBT+ community that challenges the norm as a celebration and as a form of protest’.
But the idea has not been wholeheartedly welcomed by all the parents with children at the school.
The non-uniform day at New Mills School in Derbyshire has been dubbed ‘Drag ‘n’ Rainbows’
One school insider said: ‘They are making drag the central theme which, I feel, is quite controversial.
‘Drag is a highly-sexualised parody of women; fine on the stage, not fine in schools.’
Tracy Shaw from the parents’ group Safe Schools Alliance UK was reported to have said: ‘We are extremely concerned that a drag queen has been invited to talk to children about suicide.
‘There are strict guidelines in place for discussing suicide… Once again safeguarding has gone out of the window as the school appears to be more interested in demonstrating how ‘inclusive’ they are rather than thinking about what inclusivity means.’
The school has not yet responded to a request for a comment from MailOnline.
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