Author: Diane Gramley

On Saturday, October 8, 2022 the first ever pride event was held in Lycoming County.   Williamsport LGBT Community Outreach promoted the event.  According to the mission statement found on their website, they want to make “Williamsport and surrounding areas a welcoming place for people of all sexual orientations and gender expressions.”  They also want to create “support systems in education facilities”.    Drag queen and political activist Tina Burner was the host for the event.  The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide advocacy group, opposes the polices endorsed by Williamsport LGBT Community Outreach and Tina Burner and recognizes the danger to children those policies pose.  Conditioning children to believe the absurdity that they or anyone could be “born into the wrong body,” and that a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse.