EU finances "Drag Queen" courses with 220,000 euros
More than 220,000 euros have flowed from the EU youth program Erasmus+ to so-called "Drag Queen" projects. This is shown by research by the German MEP Nikolaus Fest (AfD) .
Erasmus+ is a multi-billion euro EU program to support education, youth and sport. Among the many funded projects are several “drag” organizations. "Drag" stands for "dressed as a girl".
According to publicly available information from Brussels, a “Drag It Up” workshop by a Berlin group was funded with 21,797 euros in tax money. In November 2021, the group Critical Queer Solidarity hosted the “Drag It Up” seminar, which the EU describes as a “youth exchange” in Berlin with 38 participants aged between 18 and 30.
The promotional image for the event shows a half-dressed, made-up man in a lascivious pose.
Get to know the "drag and queer scene" in Berlin
The European Commission apparently sees this as an educational project worthy of funding. It explains that it promotes "Drag It Up" to increase "the self-confidence of young queer people". It wanted to “empower them to become artists and performers”. To this end, the seminar will teach them how to “wear makeup and wigs, walk in high heels and other methods of blurring traditional binary gender roles”. According to the prospectus, the participants in the seminar were able to “get to know the rich and diverse drag and queer scene in Berlin,” according to the EU’s description.
"What's Masc?" In Oldenburg, "TransYouth" got more than 28,000 euros.
The European Commission apparently sees this as an educational project worthy of funding. It explains that it promotes "Drag It Up" to increase "the self-confidence of young queer people". It wanted to “empower them to become artists and performers”. To this end, the seminar will teach them how to “wear makeup and wigs, walk in high heels and other methods of blurring traditional binary gender roles”. According to the prospectus, the participants in the seminar were able to “get to know the rich and diverse drag and queer scene in Berlin,” according to the EU’s description.
"What's Masc?" In Oldenburg, "TransYouth" got more than 28,000 euros.
Fest: EU finances gender culture wars
The news site Breitbart London was the first to report on the promotion of the various “drag” groups on Saturday. MP Nikolaus Fest, head of the AfD delegation in the European Parliament, has been researching this for years.
He criticized the use of EU funds in sharp words. "This is a waste of taxpayers' money." The EU throws out taxpayers' money "for lipstick courses and lace underwear for men". In doing so, it shows that it is " following a woke agenda no matter what ." The AfD politician spoke of an EU-financed culture war against traditional gender roles.
The news site Breitbart London was the first to report on the promotion of the various “drag” groups on Saturday. MP Nikolaus Fest, head of the AfD delegation in the European Parliament, has been researching this for years.
He criticized the use of EU funds in sharp words. "This is a waste of taxpayers' money." The EU throws out taxpayers' money "for lipstick courses and lace underwear for men". In doing so, it shows that it is " following a woke agenda no matter what ." The AfD politician spoke of an EU-financed culture war against traditional gender roles.
Drag projects and LGBTQ friendly schools
The list of EU-funded "drag" projects that Junge Freiheit was able to see that he compiled is surprisingly long. In 2021, for example, the EU subsidized a "Beyond Gender Summer Camp" near Göttingen with 62,690 euros. In an academy, 75 participants - namely "trans*, inter*, non-binary and gender-questioning young people" - should come together for a one-week summer camp. The EU Commission granted almost 40,000 euros tax money for the project "EUROPE - identities under (trans)formation: GENDER*X", which took place in Salzburg.
In Spain and Slovenia, Erasmus+ also supports various “drag queen” and LGBTQ projects. The EU paid 24,597 euros to the LGBTQ group “Dragtivism” for seminars in Barcelona and Girona and 21,770 euros to the Slovenian “United with Pride” project, which also featured “drag queens”.
EU funds more LGBTQ initiatives
The EU Commission is financing the project for "LGBTQ-friendly schools throughout Europe" with 434,000 euros. A project funded by Erasmus+ with almost 135,000 euros takes care of better care for “queer migrants.
Fest also complained that the EU promotes children's books about "adventures of gay kangaroos", although this is a violation of the EU treaties, because questions of bringing up children are a matter for the member states, not the EU.
The list of EU-funded "drag" projects that Junge Freiheit was able to see that he compiled is surprisingly long. In 2021, for example, the EU subsidized a "Beyond Gender Summer Camp" near Göttingen with 62,690 euros. In an academy, 75 participants - namely "trans*, inter*, non-binary and gender-questioning young people" - should come together for a one-week summer camp. The EU Commission granted almost 40,000 euros tax money for the project "EUROPE - identities under (trans)formation: GENDER*X", which took place in Salzburg.
In Spain and Slovenia, Erasmus+ also supports various “drag queen” and LGBTQ projects. The EU paid 24,597 euros to the LGBTQ group “Dragtivism” for seminars in Barcelona and Girona and 21,770 euros to the Slovenian “United with Pride” project, which also featured “drag queens”.
EU funds more LGBTQ initiatives
The EU Commission is financing the project for "LGBTQ-friendly schools throughout Europe" with 434,000 euros. A project funded by Erasmus+ with almost 135,000 euros takes care of better care for “queer migrants.
Fest also complained that the EU promotes children's books about "adventures of gay kangaroos", although this is a violation of the EU treaties, because questions of bringing up children are a matter for the member states, not the EU.
Source: Junge Freiheit
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