Beth Bourne, a program director at UC Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies and the chair for the California chapter of Moms for Liberty, completely lost her shit after seeing some drag performers at a hotel lobby in Hawaii. Even sadder, Bourne's relationship with her nonbinary child clashed over their gender identity, and that prompted the 18-year-old to move out of her family home. So, not much of a Mom, eh?
Hawaii-area drag queen Marina del Rey posted about the incident on Facebook, and Bourne posted a clip of her harassing the drag performers on Xitter. Del Ray posted a longer clip of the woman going berzerk in her bad-built butch-body shorts. De Ray remained calm and polite throughout the incident, while Bourne continued to yell while filming the performers. In another clip posted by del Ray, you can see Bourne being handcuffed, although del Ray says the bigot wasn't arrested.
"Thank you for joining us," de' Ray says. "We all know it's about hate, so it's fine."
"No, I don't hate anybody," Bourne insisted. "I'm worried about the boys in my community who think that they could become women because they're effeminate. And they like wearing makeup, and they like wearing drag."
"Oh, you're wearing shorts on a tank top," del Ray calmly points out. "Is that masculine?"
"No, it's not," Bourne says. "Because I know I'm a woman."
"You're shivering, ma'am," del Ray tells the aggressive woman. "You're shaking."
"No, I'm going to be right here," Bourne says.
"You're going to be okay," del Ray says.
"We have boys that are having their penises cut off," Bourne said. "We have women, young girls who are losing their breasts. I am because I know children that are having their parts cut off and taking hormones. My children are upstairs."
"I spent $3,000 to stay here," she continued. "I'm not having my child see a man pretending to be a woman. This is completely offensive to me."
"I'm sorry," del Ray said. "Then you should leave."
"No, because I paid $3,000 to be here," Karen said again. "I'd like to talk to the manager."
"He's right there," del Ray replied.
Bourne is no longer welcome at the hotel, according to the police.
Meanwhile, de Ray expressed gratitude for the hotel staff on Facebook.
My heart and all of our mahalo to the staff of the Alohilani Resort. With respect, an abundance of gratitude for the attention and care we recvd….
literally the poor staff to have to witness that spew - had all of our backs,
and with a softened heart and slightly shook spirit - THANK U over and over again
Del Rey said the group was in the lobby to film a video.
'This woman saw us filming and came to a slow burn and then she popped off. Her rant went on and on - possibly with the attempt to get a riled angered response,' del Ray added.
