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 ...

Clarification and update: The Drag Queen Story Hour with Miss Amie on April 27, has been cancelled. In the previous article it was incorrectly reported that the Mountville event was a rescheduling ...

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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 ...

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.

Right-wing attempts to demonize drag storytime (and all who love it) are deeply mischaracterizing the events.

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 — ...

Local performers held their first Drag Queen Story Hour Thursday in front of about 40 kids and parents at Aunt Eek’s Books and Curiosities on historic Route 66 in Amarillo. Present with her 10 ...

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 ...