Protester at Drag Queen Story-Telling Event Guilty of ‘Hate Speech’

Protester at Drag Queen Story-Telling Event Guilty of ‘Hate Speech’
Lance O'Connor arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Aug. 7, 2023. PA
Chris Summers
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A protester who was demonstrating against a drag queen story-telling event for children has been found guilty of a public order offence after the judge said his words went, “beyond freedom of expression into hate speech.”

Lance O’Connor, 59, was convicted of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress towards Matthew Rowan, an operations manager at the Tate Modern art gallery in London.

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