Title: Houston Public Library admits registered child sex offender read to kids in Drag Queen Storytime Source:
KHOU-11, Houston URL Source:https://www.khou.com/article/news/l ... 0d-56c5-4f3c-96df-add07bbd002a Published:Mar 15, 2019 Author:Lauren Talarico Post Date:2019-03-16 07:39:43 by Deckard Keywords:None Views:625 Comments:6
HOUSTON — A registered child sex offender has been reading to children at Houston Public Library as part of its Drag Queen Storytime.
A group called Mass Resistance, which has been trying to put an end to the program, contacted KHOU about the child sex offender.
Mass Resistance claims it had been asking the City of Houston for months to disclose information about the drag queens, and when requests went unanswered, they did their own digging and made the shocking link.
A media spokesperson for the library confirmed one of the program’s drag queens, Tatiana Mala Nina, is Alberto Garza, a 32-year-old child sex offender. In 2008, he was convicted of assaulting an 8-year-old boy.
“Most parents would not allow that individual to sit in this library and be held up as a role model to our children. Shame on you, Mayor (Sylvester) Turner!” said Tracy Shannon with Mass Resistance.
In a statement, the Houston Public Library admits they didn’t do a background check on Garza and said Garza will not be involved in any future library programs.
“In our review of our process and of this participant, we discovered that we failed to complete a background check as required by our own guidelines,” the library said in a statement. “We deeply regret this oversight and the concern this may cause our customers. We realize this is a serious matter.”
Protesters say they want more than apologies; they want heads to roll.
“If they had done their job and due diligence, if they had said wait...maybe it’s not a good idea to have a sex offender who at 200 pounds and 5-foot-11 assaulted an 8-year-old boy!” Shannon said.
Drag Queen Storytime’s creators say it’s part of a national program that aims to promote love and acceptance.
In October, opponents sued the library system and Mayor Turner, trying to stop the program. They claim they’re not against the LGBTQ community, but instead, the library’s actions. The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in January.
Plaintiffs argued the program favors “secular humanism," violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause on religion.
“We may not all agree that having adult entertainers is the right way to entertain young children or promote literacy and adversity and acceptance and inclusion,” Shannon said, “but we can all agree that it’s inappropriate to have a sex offender. And for someone to not do their due diligence, to have a sex offender entertaining children at the library."
Houston Public Library released the following statement:
“We were made aware today that one participant for Drag Queen storytime who read at the September 29, 2018, Drag Queen Storytime has a criminal background that should have prevented him from participating in the program.
“We assure you that this participant will not be involved in any future HPL programs.
“In our review of our process and of this participant, we discovered that we failed to complete a background check as required by our own guidelines. We deeply regret this oversight and the concern this may cause our customers. We realize this is a serious matter.
“Every program sponsored by HPL is supervised by HPL staff, and all children are accompanied by a parent and/or guardian. No participant is ever alone with children, and we have not received any complaints about any inappropriate behavior by participants at storytimes.
“We are taking the appropriate action to ensure that the status of every participant in every program throughout our system is verified. We will continue to review our process to ensure that this cannot happen again.
“Once again, we apologize for our failure to adhere to our own process in this matter and to the hundreds of parents and caregivers who have enjoyed this program with their children.”
In a statement, the Houston Public Library admits they didn’t do a background check on Garza and said Garza will not be involved in any future library programs.
This clearly means it is completed, concluded, done, down, ended, over, over with, terminated, through, accomplished, achieved, attained, compassed, realized. dead, defunct, extinct, kaput, obsolete, expired.
Why am I not surprised that you apparently have no problem with drag queens reading to children?
Why am I never surprised to realize that you are much too stupid to comprehend the totality of the distinction between a statement of fact I make and one of opinion you form is frequently difficult for you to handle
There is no remedy to be had for the irrational reply you issue in the form of a misguided opinion. Tolerance and pity for you can sometimes serve as a substitute, while patience does wear thin on occasion.
While I know it be sometimes difficult – and more often impossible – for you to comprehend the distinction between a statement of fact and one of an opinion you form, this is a problem of your that you should work on.
I need to realize that when I post to you that I am not placing myself in the position to measure the consequence of the “natural and probable” effect upon the mind of an average reader – but the mentally of six-year-old that you possess.
I never said, or in any way indicated, that I have “no problem with drag queens reading to children.”
So, what exactly did I say?
Let’s review- From the article:
Article: In a statement, the Houston Public Library admits they didn’t do a background check on Garza and said Garza will not be involved in any future library programs.
Gatlin: This clearly means it is completed, concluded, done, down, ended, over, over with, terminated, through, accomplished, achieved, attained, compassed, realized. dead, defunct, extinct, kaput, obsolete, expired.
Now, get the hell over it and move on …
So, you need to understand - to clearly understand – that while there was a definite problem, that problem was solved. I will also point out to you that in order to be effective in the use of scientific problem solving you are need to use some other key skills and follow certain procedures. I will not take time to explain those ot your for it would be a waste to time.
I will however point out to you that once a problem is DEFINITELY solved, as this one was, it’s time to:
Now, get the hell over it and move on …
Deckard, really, what is so hard for you to understand this and why do you want ot coninute to whine and cry over a problem that has been SOLVED?
As long as they're not convicted pedophiles, that makes it OK, huh Tater.
Huh….Huh…Huh…Huh…
You can stop with making a sound like you are constipated. There is a time, a place and a way to use an “assumptive question.” Yours here was so misused and so out of place that I simply cannot address it. You think you are pretty good at researching, so look up how to use one.
