'We're coming for your children': Activists, drag queens spark outrage

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Chet Pollert, R-Carrington, second from left, gestures toward House Speaker Rep. Kim Koppelman, R-West Fargo, far right, prior to the start of the floor session and votes on whether to override three vetoes by Gov. Doug Burgum, which includes a bill restricting transgender girls from participating in public elementary and secondary school sports, Thursday, April 22, 2021, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D.

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Usually held in June, Pride events began as way to commemorate the uprising by New York's LGBTQ+ communities in 1969, known as the Stonewall rebellion, and as a way to celebrate the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Meanwhile, organizers in the Nashville, Tennessee, suburb of Franklin, opted not to include drag performances in their Pride celebrations so they can work with local officials to get other events permitted.

Oli London, spokesman for Fairness First PAC - set up to combat 'radical gender ideology infiltrating our children in school — especially in sports and the classroom' - said it confirmed what had been suspected.