The Houston Public Library acknowledged that it allowed a registered sex offender to read to children as young as 2 years-old at the Montrose library location.
The library confirmed one of the program’s drag queens, Tatiana Mala Nina, is Alberto Garza, a 32-year-old child sex offender who in 2008 was convicted of assaulting an eight-year-old boy.

Mass Resistance has been trying to put an end to the national program, “Drag Queen Story Hour” and contacted KHOU about the pedophile.
The group claimed it asked the City of Houston for months to disclose information about the drag queens– and received no response.
The Houston Public Library issued a statement in response:
“In our review of our process and of this participant, we discovered that we failed to complete a background check as required by our own guidelines. We deeply regret this oversight and the concern this may cause our customers. We realize this is a serious matter.”
Protesters say they want someone at the library fired.
“If they had done their job and due diligence, if they had said wait…maybe it’s not a good idea to have a sex offender who at 200 pounds and 5-foot-11 assaulted an 8-year-old boy!” Shannon said.
“We may not all agree that having adult entertainers is the right way to entertain young children or promote literacy and adversity and acceptance and inclusion,’ she continued, ‘but we can all agree that it’s inappropriate to have a sex offender. And for someone to not do their due diligence, to have a sex offender entertaining children at the library.”
The library added that “Every program sponsored by HPL is supervised by HPL staff, and all children are accompanied by a parent and/or guardian. No participant is ever alone with children, and we have not received any complaints about any inappropriate behavior by participants at storytimes.
“We are taking the appropriate action to ensure that the status of every participant in every program throughout our system is verified. We will continue to review our process to ensure that this cannot happen again.
“Once again, we apologize for our failure to adhere to our own process in this matter and to the hundreds of parents and caregivers who have enjoyed this program with their children.”
Hundreds have enjoyed Drag Queen story hour? Is this a joke?
Unfortunately a lawsuit against the city of Houston was dismissed by a judge that would have prevented drag queens from reading to children at a public library.
Drag Queen Storytime is a national program that claims it promotes “love and acceptance.”
But one “Drag Queen Story Hour” participant told the Lafayette Public Library Board of Control, this is all about the “grooming” of the “next generation.”