Right-wing activists used an Arlington City Council meeting to contest the town's Pride event [View all]

ARLINGTON — Right-wing activists, including some from a local online Moms For Liberty group, used an Arlington City Council meeting to rail against drag performers and contest the town’s Pride event.

Arlington Pride will be held on July 22. Earlier this month, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights watchdog, added Moms For Liberty to a list of “anti-government extremist groups.”

The organization’s emergence from a locked Facebook group to commenting at public meetings comes as tensions surrounding LGBTQ+ issues in Arlington continue to simmer. Last month, city staff asked Pride Organizers to consider not hosting a drag story time at the event.

Members of the Arlington Pride group, along with others in the community, have been closely watching Snohomish County Moms For Liberty members posts for months. In response, the group — along with other LGBTQ+ allies and Arlington community members — began to routinely attend city council meetings.

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