An Iowa mother blasted school board members for not tending to parent concerns related to a drag show held at the local high school — all while wearing the same outfit that one of the drag performers had worn.
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Kimberly Reicks, the founder of Iowa Mama Bears, spoke out earlier this week during the public comment period of the Ankeny Community School District‘s board meeting, criticizing the drag show that the Gay Straight Alliance club at Ankeny High School had sponsored as part of the group’s end-of-year meeting in May.
“Does this outfit make you turn your head? Does this outfit seem appropriate for anybody here to see? This is what the man dressed like in front of our kids,” Reicks said. “So if this makes your head spin, if this pisses you off in any way, shape, or form — it should. Because I’m embarrassed to stand here in the outfit that I am in today, but I have a point to prove — that this outfit should not be ever accepted in our schools anywhere.”
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Images of the drag show were shared by Libs of TikTok. One performer can be seen wearing the outfit that Reicks duplicated for the school board meeting.
Reicks told the Daily Wire that she intentionally violated school dress code policies with the outfit to get the attention of the school board members.
This photo appears to show a student handing cash to the drag queen. More info on this here: https://t.co/qOxrlypDve pic.twitter.com/0LVbyqRE5r
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 24, 2022
“It has been over 131 days since I made our school board first aware of this event,” Reicks said. “We are now 32 days into the new school year, and we still have no answers on what the outcome of the investigation was. Nor do we have any new policies to ensure things like this do not happen again.”
During the drag show, performers reportedly discussed gender identity and expression.
“Sometimes because of who I am, I don’t really feel like I’m a man,” one performer said. “I feel like sometimes I do identify as a male. I feel like sometimes I’m more in the middle of the spectrum — not one or the other. That’s where I am right now. I still have a lot to think about on my journey, but I know that if you guys need anyone to talk to about things such as gender identity or you want to get into drag and see what this art form can mean to you, please [contact us] and we’ll all be ready to help you.”
In light of the show’s discussion and performance, Reicks said she would “do whatever measures I have to, to make sure events like this are addressed and resolved — even if that means wearing the exact same outfit as the 21-year-old drag queen performer to prove my point.”
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The Ankeny Community School District has not responded to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
