The calendar has flipped to June, and that means it’s now Pride Month. In Massachusetts, the celebration of “diverse sexualities” and gender confusion takes many forms. Today we have a report on some of the celebrations we are seeing in public schools (and what parents can do about it!), as well as some good news about a library event that went viral.
Keeping watch on “Pride” in MA public schools
It was reported by a member of the MIP facebook group that on Monday June 1st, Chickering Elementary School in Dover was to celebrate “Rainbow Club Pride Day.” Students as young as kindergarten were to be greeted with a pride celebration as they entered the school that morning, and it was unclear if the “celebration” would last throughout the day. Parents were rightfully concerned. Can they opt out of an observance like that?
The answer is yes – and we told them how on the MIP Substack. To read more about it, and to learn more about our Pride Watch 2026 initiative, click here.
Pride events in the Hamilton-Wenham Public Schools have also been reported, including rainbow chalk decorating and a districtwide “Rainbow Day,” happening June 5th. See the screenshot below from the HWPS website for more information. If your child attends the HWPS, make sure you read our advice on how to opt out in the Substack article above!
Also reported by an MIP parent, the Hopkinton Public Schools is participating in a “PRIDE Month One School, One Book” program.
In June, the entire district is reading “Peanut Goes for the Gold,” a book about a nonbinary animal that uses they/them pronouns. School libraries will also be displaying books about sexuality and gender during this time. We continue to encourage parents to opt out of this sort of event by using our opt out form, available here. This letter can be submitted at any time during the school year.
And finally, just this morning we received a troubling report from a Lexington Public Schools parent about pride month lessons being forced on students in the classroom. We will be investigating this issue and stand ready to support any parents whose rights are being violated by the Lexington Public Schools, or any other district in Massachusetts.
If you think your rights may have been violated, we encourage you to contact the contact the Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center today.
We will continue to keep an eye on what’s going on in Massachusetts schools this month. If you would like to report an event happening in your school district, visit MIP on Facebook or email Jess Richardson at jess@mafamily.org.
Boston Public Library Cancels Trans Period Pride Event After Backlash
The Boston Public Library (BPL) has long been an advocate for LGBTQ causes. This year, their obsession with promoting “Pride” ideology has put them in the spotlight, with two specific examples raising eyebrows in Massachusetts and nationwide.
First, the BPL has been called out for hosting a whopping total of 19 Drag Queen Story Times. These events, featuring drag performers, are marketed to children as young as 18 months. Below you can see an example of one such event to be held on June 17th, hosted by drag queen Patty Bouree.
Reported first in the New Boston Post and then picked up by other local and national outlets, these events are concerning. Individuals who are focused on sexual behavior and display a provocative persona should not be interacting with children. Often the books read at events like this pertain to sexuality and gender, but even if the drag queens read other books, connecting children with gender-bending performers is still inappropriate. Drag Queen Story Hour and other similar events represent a blatant normalization of a highly sexual subculture that glorifies promiscuity and gender confusion, and introduces that deviant subculture to impressionable children. Parents should avoid these events, and not a penny of public funds should go to support them.
But these events, while troubling, were not the most bizarre offering the BPL was advertising. That award goes to BAGLY’s Trans Period Pride event, scheduled to occur at the BPL’s Copley Branch, also on June 17th. This event, billed as a “consciousness-raising discussion on menstrual equity and the experiences of trans menstruators” and offering free period underwear to attendees, attracted a great deal of attention from local and national media, as well as pushback on social media.
Seemingly just as quickly as it reached social media, the library canceled the event. Organizers have said that it will now be held at an alternate location, though at time of publication no alternate venue has been announced.
This event, supported by Boston Mayor Michele Wu’s Office of LGBTQ Advancement, is absurd. There is no such type of person known as a “menstruator,” because only women menstruate. Some men who identify as women believe that they “experience the symptoms of menstruation” after receiving hormone therapy, but the actual biological process of menstruation is unique to the female body. And we know that a woman identifying as man is not truly male, but female – biological reality prevails.
We are grateful that the BPL is no longer hosting the Trans Period Pride event, and we hope that library administrators understand that those they serve desire truth and common sense. Parents and advocates across the Commonwealth who spoke out against this event, be encouraged. Your voices makes an impact.
However, the BPL isn’t completely off the hook. We must still hold them accountable and discourage the hosting of events that pair adult sexual performers with minor children. Change has happened before, and it can happen again. We urge you to continue speaking up for biological truth in your communities.
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