Children’s museum receives death threats because drag queens were planning to read there

The exterior of the Lincoln Children’s Museum
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The Lincoln Children’s Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska has announced that they have postponed an event planned at the museum because they received an “overwhelming amount of threats of violence. The event was planned to be held after hours at the Museum, for less than 50 guests by RSVP, alongside OutNebraska and Drag Queen Story Hour Nebraska.

The threats are now under investigation by the Lincoln Police Department. The Museum explained what happened in a post to Instagram, entitled “Hate Has No Place Here.”

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“This weekend a private event rental was to take place inside our facility. This event was booked many weeks prior by an organization looking to host an event to support their families and children on an evening the Lincoln Children’s Museum is closed to the public,” they wrote.

“We are very saddened to say this event has been cancelled due to the growing safety concerns that have been created by some in our community. Over the past few days, the Lincoln Children’s Museum and event host OutNebraska have both received an overwhelming number of threats of violence against our organizations, many going as far as death threats.”

The Museum continues on to say…

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