Houston Defends Drag Show Against Christian Fascists
Report on community defense mobilization against a group of Christian fascists and neo-Nazis in so-called Houston, Texas.
On Sunday, July 10th,2022,Protect Texas Kids, a hate group led by self-proclaimed Christian fascist Kelly Neidertfrom North Texas, attempted to disrupt an all-ages dragshowbrunch event at Hamburger Mary’s downtown Houston location. Having discovered their plans beforehand, local Houstonians rallied together inacounter-demonstration to defend the event. A crowd of about100 localAnti-Fascistsand members of Houston’s queer communitymobilized around the venue to guard the entrance, dwarfing theroughly dozenbigots who yelled across the street from behind police and their barricades.
The scene in downtown Houston where @screwstonafc is protecting a family drag show against anti-LGBTQ disrupters led by Kelly Neidert. Neidert and her group are nowhere to be found. Demonstration is set to start at noon
While the fascists’ tiny group stood around occasionally rambling into megaphones, queer Houstonians were drowning them out with our own chants, dancing to music, and staying cool with water, super soakers, and drinks provided by Hamburger Mary’s. Thedrag showwas able to go on as planned, and the fascists were escorted out by police shortly after the drag brunch ended.
Kelly’s attempt to disrupt this event with her group was the latest in a series of actions they have organized against trans and queer gatherings. In general, the group pushes age-old homophobic myths about pedophilia in the queer community as an excuse to show up to events and harass people. They are typically based in Dallas and North Texas, where other Anti-Fascist groups have mobilized against them before. This isone oftheir firstnotableappearancesin Houston to date, aside from a small group of them trying to counter-protest this year’s Pride Parade last month. We hope after how poorly their rally went,thatit will be their last. As far as we know, Kelly and others traveled here from North Texas specifically for this event, despite their turnout struggling to reach a dozen people. While planning the rally, Kellyclaimedthat“Antifa” in Houston “isn’t very active and it’s likely they won’t show up.” She continued on to say, “If they do, I think we will outnumber them.”
**BREAKING** We have identified the Neo-Nazi behind the racist flyers being dropped around Houston! Visit the link to our blog below for the full details!https://t.co/qBavcfrKzrpic.twitter.com/sxSr0DdMys
— Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee (@screwstonafc) June 21, 2022
Some of the same fascists who came to Hamburger Mary’s on Sunday also participated in a Houston White Lives Matter rally in December 2021, where they had a similarly low turnout despite bringing people in from across the state on both occasions. Among them was Ronald Murray Jr, a neo-Nazi we recently exposed for his actions in the Houston area. Ronald gave an interview during the event and shouted slurs over the megaphone. Kelly and her crowd had no problem hanging out with these neo-Nazis until the cameras started rolling at which point she made an effort to stand farther away from them. Regardless, it was clear they felt welcomed to Kelly’s event and knew they would be safe on her side.
At past eventsProtect Texas Kids haveinvited Proud Boys to attend, which we also witnessed this time around. Alongside the actual “Protect Texas Kids” membership, a few non-uniformed Proud Boys were seenin addition to thecontingent of neo-Nazismentioned above.Neidertclaimed our own call to action caused the neo-Nazis to attend. This is aridiculous claim for a self-proclaimed Christian fascistto makewho has appeared on a holocaust denial podcastand who buddies up withProudBoys. The only difference between Ronald Murray and Kelly Neidert is a swastika necklace andyears of unpaid child support. Members from the fascists’ side attempted towalk towards the venuerepeatedly, including three Proud Boys who were forced back to their sideand a “radical centrist” who immediately was booed away. Of course, the cops made no attempt to stop them from coming over, and the community had to defend themselves.
by Screwston Antifascist Committee via It's Going Down
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