Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project | American Principles Project
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project | American Principles Project
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, is encouraging slamming UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills for hiding “family-friendly” drag shows.
“Kid-friendly drag show is right up there with kid-friendly strip club, kid-friendly porn and kid-friendly cigarette — it’s self-evident that all of this is harmful to children unless you’ve been brainwashed to believe that kids should be sexualized,” Schilling told McHenry Times. “These people shouldn’t just have their businesses shuttered — they should be run out of town for being groomers. Americans have tolerated too much and now we need to draw a firm line in the sand. The Tribune should be ashamed of itself for running this egregious puff piece and attempting to spur sympathy for people who want to destroy our kids.”
The Chicago Tribune noted the cafe's owner, Corinna Sac, has canceled future drag shows and other events after harassment, including vandalism on July 23 – the day the last drag show was planned – and zoning violations from the village regarding events being held at the store.
The ACLU sent a letter to the Lake in the Hills village board seeking to stop the zoning violations.
“Village officials initially seemed inclined to support Ms. Sac and her business in the wake of this horrific event. Unfortunately, they have chosen instead to give the person who attacked and vandalized UpRising exactly what he apparently wanted. That is, the Village is attempting to block the drag brunch and any other program at UpRising that the Village deems (for the first time) an 'entertainment event,' by threatening Ms. Sac and her landlord with fines, license revocations and other 'enforcement actions,' as described in your Jan. 29 letter to them,” the ACLU said in a letter.
The drag shows are occurring amid a broader conversation about sexualizing children.
Schilling was outspoken last year after two books — “Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe and "Lawn Boy" by Jonathan Evison — were removed from circulation for review after the complaints, North Fairfax News reported.
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