Library director removes planned ‘drag story time’ event
Associated Press
Published: 6/9/2021 5:21:57 PM A “Drag Story Time” event for children at a New Hampshire public library has been moved to a private venue after some people complained about it.
The June 18 event at the Taylor Library in Derry was billed as “Drag Story Time with Clara,” featuring a performer dressed in drag reading stories about penguins and teaching a song and dance about rainbows.
Drag queen story hours have been held at libraries or book stores in larger cities for several years, in which men in full drag read children’s books to kids and parents in events aimed at providing “glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,” according to the national program’s website.