Armed protesters and counter-protesters clashed outside a drag queen storytime event at an Oregon pub over the weekend.
More than 300 demonstrators hurled rocks and smoke grenades at each other outside Old Nick’s Pub in Eugene as a group gathered inside to read a story.
The pub was the latest target of LGBTQ+ hate after right-wing personalities complained about an 11-year-old drag performer called Vanellope who was expected to perform.
Authorities said the crowd lobbed rocks and some smoke bombs at one another before police shut the event down, according to the Register Guard.
Some protestors in the crowd came to the event for small children armed with semi-automatic rifles, officials added.
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