New Jersey’s largest teachers union, which has endorsed Democrat governor candidate Mikie Sherrill, will host a drag queen event days after the November election.

The New Jersey Education Association, which has 200,000 members as the Garden State’s chapter of the National Education Association, will host its annual convention on Nov. 6 and 7, two days after the gubernatorial election. At the convention, the NJEA Consortium—a union project undertaken with education and “social justice” organizations—will host a Friday event called “Drag is Not a Crime: The Past, Present, and Future of Drag.”

The convention’s floor plan also includes a booth dedicated to the drag theme. The NJEA convention theme puts “learning” third—after “equity” and “justice.”

The NJEA’s 125-member PAC Operating Committee unanimously endorsed Sherrill in September. Sherrill, a former naval officer and prosecutor currently serving in Congress, met with the PAC’s steering committee, while her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, did not.

The NJEA’s support for transgender ideology echoes Sherrill’s voting record in Congress.

Ciattarelli has condemned Sherrill for supporting “boys in girls sports,” and she has reportedly been silent on the issue while on the campaign trail.

Yet Sherrill repeatedly voted for legislation that would require schools and other institutions to allow boys to compete in girls’ sports and against legislation that would prevent it.

Sherrill co-sponsored H.R. 5, “The Equality Act,” would would amend federal civil rights laws to prohibit discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” She repeatedly voted for the measure, which would have forced schools to allow boys to compete in girls’ sports.

She also co-sponsored a resolution calling for a “Transgender Bill of Rights” that endorsed controversial medical interventions euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” and that expressed support for allowing boys in girls’ sports and girls’ bathrooms.

She also repeatedly voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would have prevented boys from competing in girls’ sports.

The Sherrill campaign did not respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment about the NJEA drag event.

“Drag might not be a crime, but looking the other way while 80% of third graders in some of New Jersey’s schools can’t read at grade level should be,” a Ciattarelli campaign strategist told the Wire.

“The NJEA and far-left politicians like Mikie Sherrill could care less about education or teachers,” the strategist added. “The NJEA’s core mission is preserving political power, pushing an extreme ‘woke’ agenda on young children, and propping up out-of-touch politicians like Mikie Sherrill who vote against parental rights.”

Both Sherrill and Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger have sought to avoid the transgender issue, as polls consistently suggest voters oppose allowing boys in girls’ sports and men in women’s bathrooms.

Sherrill enjoys a narrow lead over Ciattarelli, with 48.1% to the Republican’s 44%, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.

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