Drag queen story hours increasingly on alert after threats, slurs – By Ivana Saric (Axios) / June 13, 2022
A number of story time events for children hosted by drag queens have been scrapped, or have seen organizers have to change venues, as the long-running events have become the latest flashpoint in a wave of anti-LGBTQ political organizing.
Why it matters: Drag Queen Story Hours, during which drag queens read children’s books to kids, are aimed at fostering inclusive community spaces and have been happening for years with some blowback.
- But a disturbance Saturday by men thought to have links with a far-right group at one of the events is shedding light on the recent hostility that has surrounded the book readings in some places.
Driving the news: The men, who are believed to be affiliated with the extremist Proud Boys group, made white power hand gestures and shouted homophobic and transphobic insults at Panda Dulce, the drag queen hosting the story hour in San Lorenzo, California.
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