Protesters who stormed a library drag queen.

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Protesters who stormed a library drag queen ‘Story Hour’ have vowed to target future performances and hinted at further action by declaring the ‘first phase’ was done.<br>The anonymous video supplied to MailOnline showed a demonstrator telling supporters he would be at other events on the tour.<br>He vowed: ‘I will be at the Oxford ones, the Bristol ones and hopefully I will get to the Leeds one.

Those are the ones I am hoping to commit to by swapping days this weekend.<br>’We have done the first phase, well done everyone. Top marks for everyone involved.'<br>It came after police were forced to escort a drag queen to safety after a group of protestors stormed the ‘Story Hour’ event run for three to 11-year-old children at a library.<br>Thames Valley Police were called to a protest of around 25 people outside a library in Abbey Square, Reading, at around 9.30am on Monday morning.<br>The demonstrators claimed they had turned up to ‘protect children’ and shouted at ” parents who are ‘probably teaching their children that there are 100 genders’ as they walked inside the ticket-only event.<br>Drag Queen Story Hour UK is a project run by 27-year-old Sab Samuel who performs as Aida H Dee, wearing multicoloured sequinned outfits with a red wig and heavy make-up.<br>Mr Samuel is touring Britain across the summer, with almost 70 events in 20 areas of the UK, including Bristol, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and Portsmouth.<br>The group says the sessions ‘teach inclusivity’ and encourage children to ‘get fabulous’. <br>However the first event in Reading forced authorities to intervene and give Mr Samuel a police escort next to a riot van to the next Story Hour show in Tilehurst Library. <br>During a video taken by one protestor, a mother and her child could be seen walking into the event.<br> The tour involves drag queens dressing up and reading stories to children in libraries – with their bright costumes and personas designed to encourage children to ‘get fabulous’. Pictured: Sab Samuel who performs as Aida H Dee<br> Mr Samuel, 27 – from Nottingham, – has ADHD and autism, and claims the sessions teach inclusivity’ and encourage children to ‘get fabulous'<br> Police were forced to mersin escort a drag queen to safety after a group of protestors stormed a ‘Story Hour’ event run for three to 11-year-old children at a library.

Pictured: 27-year-old Sab Samuel who performs as Aida H Dee at Reading Station<br> Drag Queen Story Hour UK is a project run by 27-year-old Sab Samuel (left) who performs as Aida H Dee for children from three to 11 however protestors (right) turned up at the ticket-only event on Monday<br> RELATED ARTICLES

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