COUNCIL IS FORCED INTO LOCKDOWN DUE TO DRAG STORY TIME PROTEST

A drag story time event was interrupted at a public library after noisy protestors gathered outside the object to it.

The demonstrators armed thesmelves with loudspeakers and signs outside the Salisbury Community Hub in Adelaide's north on Monday morning.

Performer Fifa LaDouche was reading to children during the 'Rainbow Storytime' event while police monitored the protestors outside.

The event had been brought forward by an hour to 9am after Salisbury Council received more than 100 letters oppossing the event.

The time change was not announced publicly, however protestors still managed to get wind of the move and gatecrashed the event.

'They are quite happy to let children get groomed,' one shouted while holding a sign.

One man was dressed in black and hid his face behind a balaclava and reflective sunglasses while shouting through a loudspeaker.

Protester Raina Cruise told 7News she thought the event was inappropriate for children.

'Imagine a 10-year-old coming in and seeing a man dressed provocatively as a woman, and he is, doing story time and then going home and asking: "Mum. Is that a boy or a girl?"'

Salisbury mayor Gillian Aldridge defended the event and said the children were undeterred by the noisy rally.

'They all came in really bravely and I was really impressed by them all,' she said.

'The story time went beautifully, it was lovely, we sand lots of nursery rhymes and clapped our hands to show us your are happy.'

'All sorts of people live in Salisbury, we care about them all and we include them all and that's why we're a very inclusive community.'

Fifi LaDouche read two books including 'Chicken Divas' - which is about chickens secretly singing at Club Sparkles every night.

The second book - 'Just the Way We Are' - was a story about non-traditional families.

One Nation South Australian MP MLC Sarah Game labelled the event 'totally inappropriate for young children' and said it encouraged them to question their 'gender identity'.

'There's a growing concern in the community about teaching children about gender fluidity because we don't really understand the impact that has on young minds,' Ms Game said.

'They're adult concepts and it's confusing for children. I think we just need to allow children to be children and let them grow up and be who they are without these other influences.'

Ms Game said she was speaking out because a number of parents had expressed their concerns to her.

'I don't think any taxpayer funding should be used for events like this at all,' she said.

'I've had numerous people voice their opinions to me that shows with adult themes, such as drag acts are inappropriate for young children – and public funding shouldn't be used for these events.'

Salisbury Council told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday it would be offering no further comment.

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