Drag queens are more mainstream than ever, as are LGBTQ rights. Yet, story hours, where drag queens read to kids, have become a point of controversy and even violence.

The Drag Story Hour organization began in San Francisco in 2015 as Drag Queen Story Hour, but officially dropped the “Queen” in October 2022 to reflect the diversity of the storytellers.

Drag Queen Story Hour—in which performers in drag read books to kids in libraries, schools, and bookstores—has become a cultural flashpoint. It pitches itself as a family-friendly event to ...

As if being a drag performer and filmmaker didn’t already consume so much of her time, Kyle Casey Chu (aka Panda Dulce) can ...

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A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here. The drag queen Panda Dulce was at the San Lorenzo Library in ...

A man dressed as a woman gestures as he reads to a group of children during the ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ program at Cellar Door Books in Riverside, California on June 22, 2019.

Drag Queens Kelly K, left, and Scalene OnixXx read story book on the last Drag Queen story hour at Canyon Crest Town Centre location of Cellar Door Bookstore on Saturday, April 29, 2023 in ...

Drag Queen Story Hour was a chance to celebrate the LGBTQ community, but it was also an opportunity to encourage a love of reading. “We want people to come in, ...

Drag queen story hour offers a unique, immersive pedagogical approach that, as Keenan and Lil Miss Hot Mess state, “can support students in finding the unique or queer aspects of themselves — ...

Among other activities, Pancakes for Pride featured drag-queen story hour, a drag queen reading books to children – an event that, in recent years, has proved to be popular at public libraries ...