There has been an outpouring of grief from the community following the suicide of the university student who led a protest against a drag queen reading event for young children supported by a Brisbane library.
Wilson Gavin—a self-described “gay conservative” who gained some media attention two years ago when campaigning against same-sex marriage—took his own life Monday morning after footage of the protesters chanting “Drag queens are not for kids” went viral on social media. The protest sparked significant backlash on social media and a rebuke from the state’s Liberal National Party.
