Wild.
The director a Seattle homeless agency thought it would be a bright idea to invite a stripper by the name Beyoncé Black St. James to dance topless and perform strip teases to government employees and nonprit workers at an annual conference. According to The Seattle Times, Kira Zylstra is the woman behind the idea and she’s resigned after she was sent on a paid leave absence following last week’s questionable events.
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A video the performance was shared online and was initially sent to Christopher Rufo, a researcher at non-prit think tank Discovery Institute, out “frustration.”
“I got a contact from an anonymous tipster who provided video from inside the conference,” Christopher said. “And it’s almost incredible to believe that this is funded by taxpayer dollars right here in King County.”
“I’m not personally fended by it, it just seemed so wrong and out place for what we were there for,” Rev. Bill Kirlin-Hackett told the publication. “I just knew it was going to hit social media and when it hit social media, this is kind like what every opponent the collective work would wish for.”