Secretary Lonnie Bunch said “LGBTQ+ content is welcome at the Smithsonian” after his comments at a congressional hearing, and canceled drag events drew concern.
The Smithsonian Institution has canceled events featuring a drag performer and conducted an “audit” of past drag programming, following a December congressional hearing in which Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III told representatives that he didn’t think it was appropriate to “expose children to drag shows.”were canceled or postponed three times, in December, January and March, according to Gonia and emails reviewed by The Washington Post.
Since Bunch’s congressional appearance, two employee groups have emailed him expressing fears about the future of such programming. Bunch said he planned to meet with leaders of one of the groups, the Smithsonian Pride Alliance, in an email to them on Friday.On Jan.
The Smithsonian Institution is staffed by federal employees, has congressional oversight and receives more than $1 billion in federal money annually, but is not a government agency. The nonprofit institution spans 21 museums, research facilities and the National Zoo, and describes itself as the world’s largest “museum, education, and research complex.”.
In March, Gonia was told a proposed social media collaboration with the institution was being put on hold.“Bunch’s testimony does wrong by all of Smithsonian’s queer employees, current and future queer partners,” Gonia told The Post. “People dream of working for the Smithsonian and it’s been a safe space and place for joy for so many queer employees.”
questions for the record, and to provide context to the institution’s Office of Government Relations, his assistant wrote. Gover was posing the same questions the institution received to Smithsonian leaders, in order to provide a complete response.
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