A Louisiana library has agreed to let Drag Queen Story Time take place in one of its meeting rooms, the ACLU of Louisiana said.
The Lafayette Public Library said in a statement emailed Friday that any group following its meeting room guidelines and patron behavior policy may use meeting rooms.
'The library's unjust and discriminatory ban targeted LGBTQ Louisianans and violated our clients' First Amendment rights,' Katie Schwartzmann, ACLU of Louisiana legal director, said to KATC.
'This is welcome news for our clients and everyone in Lafayette who will once again be able to use library facilities without being unfairly interrogated or censored by library officials.'
Acadiana Supporters of Drag Queen Story Time organizer Matthew Humphrey said he confirmed a room reservation Friday, but did not want to publicize the event date.
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The Lafayette Public Library said in a statement that any group following its meeting room guidelines and patron behavior policy may use meeting rooms
'This was never a victory dance for us,' Humphrey said. 'We consider it a win because we'll be using the library that we pay taxes for. But we're just happy we can have our meeting.'
He has said previously that the event aims to let children know that it's OK to be different and it's OK for other kids to be different.
The original plans for a Drag Queen Story Hour were made by members of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette chapter of Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity of 'gay, bisexual and progressive men.' They planned to read books to children between ages 3 and 6.
Interest was so high that it was moved to an auditorium at South Louisiana Community College. However, the college later announced that it could not hold the event because state budget policy kept it from increasing security to handle the expected large crowd and demonstrators.
Acadiana Supporters of Drag Queen Story Time organizer Matthew Humphrey (right) said he confirmed a room reservation Friday, but did not want to publicize the event date
Drag Queen Story Time was organized after a religious group sued the library.
The earlier 58-page suit identifies Aaron Guidry and five other plaintiffs as members of groups called Warriors for Christ and Special Forces of Liberty, an 'ardent tax lobbyist.' Two plaintiffs, Grace Harley and Whitney Kohl, are described as 'a former transgender activist' and 'a former self-identified lesbian activist' who now consider themselves polygamists.
The lawsuit stated, 'The Plaintiffs object to self-identified transgenders exploiting the state's endorsement of their religious ideology in an government endorsed effort to brainwash and indoctrinate minors to a religious worldviews on sex, faith, truth, gender, morality, and marriage in a manner that excessively entangles the government with the religion of postmodern-western-individualistic-moral relativism - referred to mainly by the Plaintiffs and the United States Supreme Court as 'Secular Humanism.' By endorsing transgenderism in the manner complained of the city of Lafayette is relegating Christians to second class citizens.'
Libraries and bookstores around the country have held programs in which drag queens read stories to children. Some have drawn protests
'Drag Queen Story Hour is apparently a national event. This event is local and is called Story Time,' said Schwartzmann.
The claim that letting men in drag read storybooks amounts to endorsing religion is 'totally nonsensical factual and legal theory,' Schwartzmann added.
Libraries and bookstores around the country have held programs in which drag queens read stories to children. Some have drawn protests.
Humphrey said his group has about 1,300 members, though he doesn't know how many live in Acadiana, south Louisiana's Cajun country
The library agreed not to schedule a Drag Queen Story Hour while the suit was in court.
In December, it also began using a room reservation form that required patrons to say they wouldn't use the library for such purposes. Humphrey said that the 'stand down agreement' was a problem.
'We felt the form was a bridge too far,' Humphrey said. 'The lawsuit can go on and on and on, as long as for now we have equal access to the library.'
The judge told attorneys he plans to rule on the lawsuit soon, the library's statement and Schwartzmann said.
Humphrey said his group has about 1,300 members, though he doesn't know how many live in Acadiana, south Louisiana's Cajun country.
They include members of the LGBTQ community and parents, children and other supporters of the community, some of them from other states, he said.
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