A trans choir is set to host a day of music workshops for kids as young as five as organisers warn there is "urgent need to effect change".
The Southbank Centre, which receives money from the taxpayer-funded Arts Council England, say they have witnessed a "growing anti-trans rhetoric specifically aimed at children".
The group have launched the event "Little Big Sing with Trans Voices" as part of the Imagine Children’s Festival next month.
According to organisers, the show is a series of "relaxed performances have a relaxed approach to noise and movement in the space, and you are free to enter and exit during the performances.
A trans choir is set to host a day of music workshops for kids as young as five as organisers warn there is 'urgent need to effect change'
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"A chill-out space and noise-cancelling headphones are available for children and adults."
Upcoming events at the London arts centre will also include a show titled "The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions" and an "unforgettable celebration of queer activism".
The Centre, which receives £16,828,042 in annual funding, is also set to host another event, aimed at six to nine-year-olds, with "a tour around the human body with trans non-binary emergency doctor Dr Ronx".
It features a performance by drag artist “Fatt Butcher”, which is advertised for 16 years old and up.
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Organisers said: "After witnessing the growing anti-trans rhetoric specifically aimed at children, both artists felt an urgent need to effect change and create a provision for mental wellness."
The Arts Council has awarded the Southbank millions more in funding over the years compared to other British cultural institutions, such as The Young Vic Company, which received £1,792.530 for 2023-26 annual funding.
Arts Council England is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Award winning author Lionel Shriver slammed the event as "tasteless displays of vacuousness and desperation for attention".
“Maybe we should all be grateful when the ‘progressive’ left highlights its own absurdity, embarrasses itself with its own clichés, and so loudly advertises its obliviousness to what kind of entertainment is suitable for small children," author Lionel Shriver told The Telegraph.
The Southbank Centre, which receives money from the taxpayer-funded Arts Council England, say they have witnessed a 'growing anti-trans rhetoric specifically aimed at children'
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"As a commentator, I should be professionally thankful when people I would otherwise be obliged to mock do my work for me.
"But I do worry if these tasteless displays of vacuousness and desperation for attention are publicly financed. Let them humiliate themselves on their own dime.”
A spokesman for the Southbank Centre said: "The Southbank Centre presents a broad mix of thousands of multi-artform events a year.
"Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a critically acclaimed piece of music theatre, award-winning poet Andrew McMillan will be discussing his debut novel Pity, which celebrates resilience and the possibility of change.
"And Little Big Sing with Trans Voices sees this celebrated professional choir lead a day of singing workshops where everyone can get involved."
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