Folks on the hard left keep trying to convince the American public that they are not trying to sexualize children. Indeed, when it comes to regular everyday folks on the left, this is true. But this does not mean there is not a vocal group of folks in that camp who very much want to expose children to sexual content.

In this instance, a children’s hospital in Chicago reportedly paid an employee to perform in drag in front of kids during a public school event. The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) exclusively reported:

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago paid Chicago Public Schools (CPS) $500 to cover the cost of a drag performance by one of their health educators at a school resource fair, according to documents obtained by the DCNF. The funds covered a drag performance by Jose Dominguez Magdaleno at the school district’s May “Galaxy Summit.” The summit featured art, workshops and performances in an effort to create “affirming spaces to celebrate and learn about the diversity of [the] CPS community.”

On April 15, Magdaleno, an intake specialist at CPS and health educator at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, contacted Dawn Ravine, the hospital’s sexuality education program coordinator, and Thalía Chicojay, the hospital’s health communication specialist, regarding the event, an email obtained by the DCNF shows. Magdaleno noted that because of the “amount of interest” in the summit, the school district and hospital may need to limit invitations to organizations who “work directly with LGBTQ+ youth, [transgender and nonconforming] youth of color and other marginalized groups.”

Magdaleno told the hospital officials that vendors are allowed to pass condoms out to students, and that the school district was working on making Naloxone, a medication used to treat overdoses such as fentanyl, available to attendees, the April email shows.

Ravine notified CPS’ sexual health specialist that the hospital would be paying Magdaleno for his “Drag Performance Joy!,” emails from late April and early May show. To sponsor the performance, the hospital agreed to pay the school district $500 to cover the cost of the performance as well as $500 to Magdaleno for the performance.

According to a post on Instagram, the Galaxy Summit, which took place on May 20, was an event that “celebrates and affirms the diversity of the CPS community,” which apparently means having men dress up as women and dance provocatively in front of kids.

Magdaleno refers to himself as a “drag artist” who tells “stories through drag,” according to several posts on social media. The event held various workshops designed to promote diversity according to the DCNF report:

The “Galaxy Summit” offered several workshops to fifth through 12th-grade students, covering “topics from mental health to social justice to drag,” according to a registration form reviewed by the DCNF. Students had the opportunity to attend workshops titled “intersectionality and black identity,” “generational sharing with LGBTQ+ elders,” and “jails and (in)justice.”

Other workshops included “drag history” and “design your own identity flag,” the registration form showed. Students were asked to get signed permission from a guardian before attending the “Galaxy Summit.”

This is not the first time Lurie Children’s Hospital has come under fire for pushing sexuality on children:

In June, the DCNF revealed that the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has been charging school districts up to $1,500 for a workshop for educators on “inclusive sexual health ed practices” that promotes the National Sexuality Education Standards (NSES), a sexual health curriculum for K-12 students. The hospital’s presentation for schools suggests that fifth graders learn about different sexual orientations and that eighth graders learn about anal and oral sex.

This is not the only story detailing how some are aggressively trying to subject kids to sexually inappropriate material. It is happening all over the country – even in red states. Progressives try to deflect from the issue by either pretending it isn’t happening or calling anyone who disagrees with it an anti-LGBTQ bigot. However, most of those opposing this trend would also have a problem with the hospital paying a biological female stripper to do a sexually suggestive performance in front of kids.

The bottom line is that there are people who want to sexualize children. Regardless of their reasoning, this is what they are pushing in schools, medical facilities, and elsewhere. Those who oppose such conduct should not allow the left to gaslight them into accepting what these folks are doing.