Blazen Haven, left, and Vanessa Carr meet twins Remy Karas, left, and Jack Karas, both 14 months, during Drag Queen Story Time at the Alvar Library in New Orleans on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Children and parents and caregivers packed into the library to hear stories and sing songs ...
Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH), first held at the San Francisco Public Library three years ago, has steadily gained popularity with public libraries across the United States and Canada. But one event scheduled at the Lafayette Public Library (LPL), LA, has divided the community and city and ...
and said the drag queen story hour was an attempt to “groom” children,according to the Concord Monitor. This is not the first time the monthly event has had protests; in November, another reading by Garland wasprotested by Proud Boys. ...
February 24th, 2019 – The Drag Queen Story Hour made its way to Evansville, Indiana yesterday and controversy wasn’t far behind. After the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library announced the event, reports of security presence were also publicized but local residents likely didn’t expect to see...
hold these kids in their laps sometimes, reading to them, they have been known tolet the children "fondle" them. Other times we have reported on the "Drag Queen story hour" andthe "shows" some of these drag queens put on for "teens and tweens", as well asflashing their crotches at ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — To help usher in the beginning of Pride month, The Philadelphia Gay News is attempting to set a Guinness Book World Record for hosting the largest drag story time reading on Saturday morning. Sponsored by Visit Philadelphia, the story hour will take place at th...
“It is wrong to use a public forum like the library for this Drag Queen Story Hour because the library gives it credibility,” Pastor Fred Wolfe of Mobile’s Luke 4:18 Fellowship said at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Wolfe went on to refer to LGBTQ lifestyles as unaccepta...
A group of masked neo-Nazis disrupted a drag queen story hour in New Hampshire over the weekend, chanting and performing Nazi salutes. More than a dozen men wearing sunglasses, baseball caps and matching shirts and trousers can be seen shouting outside an LGBT-owned coffee shop in Concord...
“Education is a basic right and also a tool that helps one lead a life of dignity. The only way we can become an understanding and inclusive society is when the next generation is evolved. Through, Drag Queen Story Hour we want the children and parents to understand and brea...
Jonathan Hamilt, executive director of the national nonprofitDrag QueenStory Hour, says attacks on drag culture are just the flavor of the moment when it comes to the right wing’s anti-LGBTQ goals. “It’s transphobia and homophobia when you’re hating on drag culture, because it’s part ...