The Spectacle Ep. 424: How a ‘Trans Period Pride’ Event Exposes the Left’s Public Money Grift
The Boston Public Library is hosting a 'Trans Period Pride' event aimed at discussing trans experiences with menstruation. The event raises questions about the funding and public demand for such initiatives. The Spectacle Podcast hosts explore the broader implications of public money being used for ideologically driven projects.
- ▪The 'Trans Period Pride' event includes a catered dinner and free period underwear for attendees.
- ▪The podcast discusses the use of public funds for events with little public demand.
- ▪The hosts draw parallels between this event and other issues like housing and homelessness in major cities.
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The Boston Public Library is holding a “Trans Period Pride” event to share “trans experiences with menstruation,” featuring a catered dinner and free period underwear for attendees. Who funds this nonsense, and why? (READ MORE: Is This the End of Transgender Hysteria?) The Spectacle Podcast hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay reveal the grift behind these ideologically charged events and how massive amounts of public money are used to enforce ideological projects like Boston’s “Trans Period Pride” despite little (or no) public demand. Melissa and Scott delve into this similar pattern of corruption seen not only in woke events but also in New York’s housing issue and Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis.
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