North Carolina school faces fallout for letting drag queen straddle student: ‘Where are the adults?’

After being criticized last week for a video that showed a drag queen sitting on a chair while a student was at a campus LGBTQ+ pride event, a North Carolina community college is now looking to “revise its campus policies”.

Critics claim Winston-Salem’s Forsyth Technical Community College offers two programs on-campus that allow students as young at 14 to start in the ninth grade. This raises concerns about minors being exposed sexually explicit behavior.

Alex Nester, of Parents Defending Education, ripped the incident on Sunday’s Fox News Live. He raised overarching concerns about America’s education system. And asked anchor Mike Emanuel: “Where are the adult?”

“A drag queen touched a child in an inappropriate way, as we saw in the video. This raises the question of: What policies should be reviewed at this school in order to protect children from being touched inappropriately by adults? It’s shameful that adults are standing in the room, and no one is doing any of it,” she stated.

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The original video was posted by the infamous Libs of TikTok twitter account. It showed the drag queen straddling a female student. A second article discussed how campus Pride Festival “lured” students with “free food, and drinks.”

During their discussion, Emanuel asked Nester: “What about teaching basics?”

Nester replied, “Students are really behind after the pandemic,” a problem she claimed was caused by teachers’ unions trying to close schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Students are struggling academically, and yet, this college does what? Have a pride event with a drag queen for students.

The college released a statement defending the event. It stated that students are free to attend any event as long as they meet the requirements of college. Forsyth Tech is determined to be a place that offers promise to its students. We have made it clear that we will fulfill this promise by clearly outlining our vision, mission and equity statements.

Similar controversy preceded the incident at Forsyth Tech. Parents raised concerns about school districts across the U.S. hosting drag-show story hours and similar events, and offering instruction and reading materials that aren’t age-appropriate.