Mother who criticised an event which saw drag queens read stories to children is baffled to learn she's facing legal action accused of discrimination
- Katrina Tait is being investigated by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board
- The mother-of-four shared a post in opposition of drag queens reading to kids
- Activist Garry Burns made a complaint, with Ms Tait facing legal action
- Mark Latham called it an 'amazing waste of money' and 'abuse of process'
A mother is facing legal action accused of discrimination after criticising an event where drag queens read stories to children.
Katrina Tait shared a petition started by the Australian Christian Lobby on her Facebook opposing the Drag Queen Story Time event at a Brisbane library in January.
'I can't believe I have just had to sign a petition to try to stop drag queen story time happening at libraries in our country,' she posted.
'What happened to protecting children's innocence and letting them just be kids?'
Katrina Tait (pictured right) is being investigated by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board after sharing a Facebook petition in opposition of drag queens reading to kids
Drag queen 'Annie Depressant' reading to children at the Wyndham Plaza Library in Werribee, Melbourne
That post has seen the mother-of-four investigated by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Boardwith after a complaint from activist Garry Burns.
She faces legal action and potential fines.
The case caught the attention of One Nation's Mark Latham, who accused the Board of taking on a 'vexatious complaint' from 'the serial complainant Garry Burns'.
Mr Burns has previously taken actions agianst the likes of former radio braodcaster John Laws and controversial footy star Israel Folau.
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'Mr Burns has continued with his unhinged, vexatious and threatening messages in this and other matters, having been emboldened and empowered by the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board over the past seven years in hundreds of accepted and investigated complaints, including scores of investigations against people who do not even live in NSW,' Mr Latham said, as reported by The Daily Telegraph.
He labelled the complaint against Ms Tait, who lives in Queensland, an 'amazing waste of money' and 'abuse of process'.
Mark Latham has called the complaint an 'amazing waste of money' and 'abuse of process'
Ms Tait is unsure why action has been taken against her.
'I really felt that what I had written was nothing more than any mother would write who was concerned about this type of public event,' she said.
Mr Burns, who has won 62 of 65 cases, denied being vexatious and said 'my case law speaks for itself'.
Protests at drag queen library reading sessions took a dark turn in January, when president of the University of Queensland's Liberal National Club Wilson Gavin was found dead in a suspected suicide after leading a divisive demonstration.
Garry Burns (pictured right at Randwick Racecourse in April 2013) has won 62 of 65 cases
