Right-wing protests of Drag Story Hour events for children ramped up in 2022 — often based on false claims that these events sexualize children — and a number of conservative state lawmakers have sought to ban these programs in recent weeks and limit where drag artists can perform.
2015Nonprofit organization Drag Story Hour launched in San Francisco, created by author Michelle Tea to organize events for drag performers to read stories to children, among other literary and creative programming focusing on diversity and inclusivity.
2017Drag Story Hour’s New York City chapter incorporated as a nonprofit and began receiving funds from the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library and two city councilmembers to fund book purchases, drag performer compensation and training programs that teach drag artists to speak with children effectively about gender identity and drag.
October 18, 2017Far-right commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones became among the first prominent conservative media figures to blast Drag Story Hour, pushing a false claim the drag artists are using story times to “[have]
their way” with children in an InfoWars segment that concluded with him throwing his chair in anger.
October 23, 2018Drag Story Hour faced a lawsuit filed by a group of Houston critics who argued that the Houston Public Library was partnering with “non-secular entities” by hosting drag queens (the lawsuit was later dismissed).
May 31, 2019Larry Householder, the...
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