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REMEMBERING WILSON GAVIN: The young gay conservative who took his own life after LGBTQ+ activists targeted him
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REMEMBERING WILSON GAVIN: The young gay conservative who took his own life after LGBTQ+ activists targeted him

"He understood his duty to protect Brisbane’s youngest children from overt sexualisation in their most tender and impressionable years.”

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Wilson Gavin took his own life after LGBTQ+ activists targeted him online.
by Nick Holt 

On January 12, 2020 a 21 year-old openly-gay conservative by the name of Wilson Gavin led an organised demonstration at the Brisbane State Library protesting an event called ‘Drag Queen Story Time’.

The event was co-run by the Brisbane City Council and Rainbow Families QLD —an organisation that “represents LGBTQIA families and prospective families in Queensland”.

It involved two drag queens reading to and entertaining young children.

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