![]() “DQSH Milwaukee has never been run by the Cream City Foundation nor Brett Blomme, nor have either participated in planning, organizing, hosting or performing at any of our events. īesides being a fiscal sponsor, the Cream City Foundation has “had no part in DQSH Milwaukee & DQSH National,” Drag Queen Story Hour Executive Director Jonathan Hamilt told The Associated Press in an email. ![]() That relationship allowed the non-tax-exempt Drag Queen Story Hour Milwaukee to receive donations. The Cream City Foundation at the time was a nonprofit fiscal sponsor for Drag Queen Story Hour’s Milwaukee chapter, its executive director said. Those charges were later dropped in exchange for Blomme pleading guilty in federal court to two counts of distributing child pornography.īefore Blomme was elected as a judge in spring 2020, he was CEO of the Cream City Foundation, an LGBTQ nonprofit that nods to Milwaukee’s nickname as “Cream City” for its cream-colored bricks. The story refers to Brett Blomme, a Milwaukee County Children’s Court judge, who in March 2021 was arrested and charged in state court for seven counts of possession of child pornography. “Oh, OK, let’s see what’s in the news today,” a woman in one video says, leaning aside to reveal a green screen with the headline, “Head Of ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ Org Arrested For Child Porn.” The woman goes on to explain that this is why she is vocal against the events.īut the headline is false. The claim appeared in headlines on conservative websites last year, and thousands of social media users have resurfaced them this week. THE FACTS: Misleading, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in recent months has targeted drag storytimes - kid-friendly story hours in public spaces led by performers dressed in drag - with claims that the events are abusive or harmful to children.Īmong the widely shared misinformation is the false claim that the head of a national organization that organizes the drag storytimes was arrested on child pornography charges. ![]() But he never worked for Drag Queen Story Hour, nor did he help plan its events, according to the group’s executive director. A man who was arrested on child pornography charges last year had previously run a separate organization that acted as a nonprofit fiscal sponsor for Drag Queen Story Hour’s Milwaukee chapter. CLAIM: The head of Drag Queen Story Hour was arrested for child pornography.ĪP’S ASSESSMENT: False. ![]()
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