![Protest at Drag Queen Story Time at The Mac in Belfast, 31 July 2022 [copyright Lee Hurley]](https://transwrites.world/static/uploads/2/2022/07/drag-time-protestors-the-mac-2022-2-e1659273079632.png)
As part of Belfast Pride 2022, The Mac hosted a Drag Queen Story Time that was the subject of an hilariously pathetic protest.
Taking to social media, pound-shop Kellie-Jean Kay wannabe Jolene Bunting organised a protest for Belfast’s Drag Queen Story Time.
Never one to miss a bandwagon, Bunting jumped right on:
That post, at the time of writing, had 913 likes, but how many of those turned into real world protestors?
About 10.
![Protest at Drag Queen Story Time at The Mac in Belfast, 31 July 2022 [copyright Lee Hurley]](https://transwrites.world/static/uploads/2/2022/07/drag-time-protestors-the-mac-2022-3-e1659273069558.png)
An unnamed woman read verses from the bible before reciting the rosary and splashing ‘holy water’ out of a plastic bottle that looked as if it had just come from the shop around the corner.
In response, The Mac provided a soundtrack, playing Baby Shark and songs from the Lion King before turning to Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’:
https://twitter.com/brendanjharkin/status/1553691640711286786
https://twitter.com/brendanjharkin/status/1553703886401277952
https://twitter.com/brendanjharkin/status/1553725259269931010
Bunting then posted on social media about how those who had turned up to provide a shield for the acts, as well as the parents and children coming to see the show, were in support of grooming children.
She, of course, has zero evidence for this libellous claim.
![Jolene Bunting wonders where it all went wrong at her protest at Drag Queen Story Time at The Mac in Belfast, 31 July 2022 [copyright Lee Hurley]](https://transwrites.world/static/uploads/2/2022/07/drag-time-protestors-the-mac-2022-4.png)
But the protest was so pathetic, I figured that needed to be highlighted.
If we can take some of the fear out of being LGBTQIA+ or an ally in this current climate, then that can only be a good thing.
To contrast this protest, around 80,000 people turned out the day before for Belfast Pride.