Threats Made, Protests Planned Over Bakery’s Kid-Friendly Drag Brunch, Police Say
A Chicago bakery’s planned drag show and brunch is at the center of controversy this week after the shop’s owner reported receiving a barrage of hateful threats and police prepared for planned protests of the event.
Worried staffers at UpRising Bakery & Café in Lake in the Hills met with police Wednesday night. . “This is a family-friendly environment and when we opened I vowed to always make it family friendly,” the cafe’s owner, Corinna Sac, told NBC Chicago. “The intent was to take a fun event like a drag show and make it family-friendly,” she said.
What she didn’t expect was the hate-filled reactions she would receive on social media, with many upset at the decision to allow children at the event slated to be held this weekend.
Last Thursday, the bakery’s Facebook page posted it had received 121 “new hateful comments and fake negative reviews.” “This is 7 days to relentless harassment and it is ridiculous and exhausting,” the post read. “This has got to stop.
