A Boone High School LGBTQ+ student club was scheduled to hear from a man dressed as a drag queen to talk about his life as a queer person. But Thursday’s event "Drag and Donuts" was canceled.One Orange County School board member says several concerned parents contacted her about the event."In our public schools we are held to a higher standard because we are dealing with other people's children,” board member Alicia Ferrant said.Ferrant held nothing back about a speaker who was to talk to an after-school student club in her district."I guess my question is why would you want to hang out with teenagers? What is the point? If he's coming as a male to talk about his queer lifestyle, that's one thing, but when they come dressed in drag and promoting that lifestyle, it's different,” Ferrant said.Jason DeShazo, or Momma Ashley Rose, was supposed to come to the after-school event in drag and talk about his journey as a queer person. He says it's nothing inappropriate."It's just donuts y'all. It's just donuts,” DeShazo said. "It's an after-school club. They can invite a sportsperson to come in and speak to a sports team. What's the difference in inviting a queer person to speak to the queer youth?”Boone High School's principal sent out the following Connect Orange message to families letting folks know the event “Drag and Donuts” had been canceled."The event 'Drag and Donuts’ was not a drag show but an opportunity for students to hear a positive message of acceptance. This was to be the third year that the speaker would address this club. After receiving a call from the Florida Department of Education today, we have canceled the event. The Department questioned whether the event was age and developmentally appropriate and indicated any administrator, teacher, or staff member in attendance may be investigated and jeopardize their professional license,” the call said.Ferrant says the cancellation was not orchestrated by her on the same day Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed expanding Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law to include high school."It makes me laugh that people truly believe I have that much power. This was 100 percent a parental movement. I was contacted by a multitude of parents last night,” Ferrant said.Ferrant says the state Department of Education did contact her to let her know how leaders felt and stood. She also says she expressed her concerns to the principal about the same speaker last year.The principal apologized for any inconvenience or consternation this has caused. And DeShazo released a statement as Momma Ashley Rose after the event was canceled.“This is clearly an attack on the LGBTQ+ community and harmful to our queer youth and their families. Moreover, the hate and violent rhetoric directed toward me and my organization, as well as the educators and staff at Boone High School, are completely unacceptable and shouldn’t be rewarded. This is a very dangerous path we are heading down, and we should all be concerned about the threat to our rights and those of our most vulnerable family, friends, and neighbors," Momma Ashley Rose said. "At the end of the day, I find it very hard to believe that the greatest threat to our children in school is a drag queen spreading the message that you’re loved, accepted, and wanted no matter who you are.”Top stories:Deadly fungal infection already detected in Florida, spreading at alarming rate, CDC saysPublic health officials warn 'zombie drug' xylazine is circulating in Central FloridaCitizens Property Insurance to eventually require all customers carry flood insurance