Nairobi, 21 April, 2024 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The African branch of the International Catholic activist organization, CitizenGo Africa, is calling on ministers of Information and technology on the continent to suspend, “Ms. Rachel: Toddler Learning Videos”, the YouTube channel the entity says is promoting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) ideology and contradicting fundamental family values.
Teacher Rachel Griffin Accurso (Ms. Rachel), a preschool teacher, runs a YouTube channel in which she posts videos that focus on developing the skills of toddlers and preschoolers. Ms. Rachel’s videos often include Jules Hoffman, who identifies as nonbinary and queer.
In a Thursday, April 18 online petition, the activists say Ms. Rachel's YouTube channel “is not merely entertaining toddlers. It's a disguised attempt at indoctrinating them with LGBTQ+ narratives.”
“We demand accountability, boycott and ultimately ban Ms. Rachel's channel. For the sake of our children, we preserve our values,” they say in the petition addressed to Ministers of Information and Technology.
The Catholic activists call for “immediate action to preserve our cultural integrity, values, and the innocence of our children.”
