The damage has been done.
Via Daily Mail:
A Colorado middle school has apologized for not warning parents that a drag queen would be among the invited guests to speak to students as part of a career day.
The drag queen named Jessica L’Whor was among those who spoke to 12-year-olds at a career and literacy event at Rocky Top Middle School in Denver last Friday.
Introducing herself as Ms Jessica, the dancer and performer spoke to the students about her career and bullying.
She read part of a children’s book called ‘Horrible Harry’, which is focused on bullying, and then spoke about the damage it can do to people.
Ms Jessica said she believed the message resonated with students.
‘I had a couple kids that were like, ‘I’m gay in school and I get bullied every week and I don’t know what to do and just talking to you helped me realize that I can still be me and still be happy,” she told local news outlet KDVR.
‘I got messages being like, ‘Thank you so much for coming to my class. I was having a really horrible week and you made my day’.’
Ms Jessica was invited to speak at the career event by a student who is one of her relatives.
Following the outrage from some parents, the school said it was not apologizing for allowing Ms Jessica to speak.
They did, however, apologize for not warning parents that Ms Jessica would be speaking to the children.