Supporters of a drag camp for kids gathered outside a theatre in Vancouver’s Granville Island Tuesday after event organizers said they were targeted by threats.
Carousel Theatre For Kids is hosting a summer camp that lets children use “drag as a tool for artistic creation,” according to a statement from IATSE Local 118 (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees of the United States and Canada).
According to the union, the theatre staff and members have been “bombarded with hateful messages” and have faced “threats of physical violence.”
It called on members to gather outside the theatre on Tuesday, the first day of the four-day camp, to present
