Videos recorded last week at an elementary school in Canada features teachers dressed in rainbow costumes, waving rainbow flags, and repeatedly declaring “Happy Pride Day!” as students file in — and, of course, a drag queen performance for the kids.
What are the details?
Twitter user Colin Barry, a fifth-grade teacher for the Newfoundland & Labrador English School District, posted clips and photos Friday.
He prefaced a set of two videos and two photos by writing, “PRIDE, LOVE & ACCEPTANCE reigned supreme [at St. Matthew’s School] during our #PrideDay celebrations.”
St. Matthew’s teaches kindergarten through 7th-grade students in St. John’s, the capital city of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
One video shows students performing what appears to be staged skips under a rainbow prop and into a hallway — followed by teachers decked out in Pride regalia. The second video shows students gathered in a gymnasium for a drag queen performance.
A second post from Barry includes a video of students participating in a “full-on DANCE PARTY to kick off” Pride Month:
Yet another video that’s been reposted numerous times on social media appears to show students arriving at the school in the morning as teachers — dressed to the hilt in rainbow colors and waving rainbow flags — greet them every few feet.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @GitNigel
As students make their way through a lobby, more teachers are seen waving flags, along with students in a line doing the same:
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @GitNigel
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @GitNigel
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @GitNigel
It appeared there was nary a spot not devoted to the celebration of all things LBGTQ as the day kicked off:
The school district on Monday afternoon didn’t immediately respond to TheBlaze’s request for comment about the videos.
How are folks reacting?
A number of commenters did not like what they saw in the videos, including one who poked the elephant in the room: “Pretty sure Saint Matthew wouldn’t be cool with this.”
- “We’re doomed,” another commenter wrote.
- “Grooming convention,” another user said.
- “So sick of this s**t,” another commenter declared.
- “This makes such great sense for all schools, from toddlers to trades, cause reading, writing & arithmetic, are just so awfully RACIST,” another user quipped.
- “Is this an ad for homeschooling?” another commenter wondered.
- “WTF is this bulls**t,” another user wrote.
- “How many of them do you think you’ll manage to turn?” another commenter asked.
And perhaps the most poignant response of them all: “Hi. Gay man here. This isn’t for kids. You’re doing more harm to gay men and women than good.”
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