Cathy Mudge, Gilli Blick, and Jenny Dingsdale of Protect and Teach spoke with Professor Diane Rasmussen about the 2025 child-focused Queer Fest event at Exeter Library and the safeguarding concerns surrounding it.
Cathy has written an accompanying article for UK Column, 'Queer Fest at Exeter Library: Devon County Council's Child Safety Test', which outlined the event and clear child safeguarding problems involved. The article includes graphic photographs taken at Queer Fest that provide irrefutable evidence of inappropriate sexual objects and materials being displayed to people of all ages who entered the library on the day.
In this interview, Protect and Teach members detailed the contents of Queer Fest, the concerns they raised with the library manager prior to the event taking place, and how those concerns were dismissed. These included how to measure for the correct condom size, the display of dildos, and explanations of illegal sexual practices such as chemsex. Children who attended Queer Fest were encouraged to provide their contact details via a QR code in exchange for sweets.
The discussion then broadened to the deeper issues underpinning Queer Fest, including the sexualisation of children, the attack on children's developing minds, how it paves the way for paedophiles, the role of academic queer theory in breaking down boundaries, this misuse of the Equality Act 2010, and the globalist agenda behind it all.
On a positive note, action is being taken in Devon to fight this attack on children. Two Devon County Councillors, Cllr Ed Hill and Cllr Angie Nash, attended Queer Fest, and found it disturbing. They subsequently raised questions to the Council in its February 2026 meeting regarding why safeguarding complaints about the event had been ignored.
This is an ongoing story which UK Column will continue to cover.
Protect and Teach is a Devon-based organisation dedicated to protecting children from sexual and ideological indoctrination in educational settings and public institutions such as libraries. Members include retired midwife Cathy Mudge, retired solicitor Gilli Blick, and concerned mum Jenny Dingsdale. Cathy has featured on UK Column previously in a long-form interview and on UK Column News.
