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Patty Bourrée, who hosts a biweekly Drag Queen Story Hour at the Seaport, decided it wasn't safe as many members of NSC-131 stood outside of The Paseo holding derogatory signs that denounced the event, reports said. A phalanx of Boston police officers stood in between them and the doors of the building, photos shows.
"I really hate that I cancelled a story hour today because two protest groups were present, but I can’t put myself (and the kids!) in a potentially violent situation especially when I don’t trust that the BPD will protect me in a worst case scenario," Bourrée tweeted.
She pledged to continue the series of book-readings regardless of the protests.
This is the second time in recent weeks that NCS-131 protested a Drag Queen Story Time event in the city. Police arrested several members of the group, including the group's founder Chris Hood, when they clashed with counter protesters outside of the Loring Greenough House in Jamaica Plain on July 23.
Members held signs and a large banner that called the organizers of the event "pedo scum" and told them to get out of the neighborhood.
These protests are part of whatofficials say is a recent rise in white supremacist groups in Boston. NSC-131 marched along the Freedom Trail in Boston on July 4 along with other white nationalist groups, reports at the time said. Vandals also spray-painted hate speech on an LGBTQ nonprofit on July 9.
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