"Tax Dollars Are Paying for Drag Queens to Read Stories to Children"
"A lot of amazing queer things have come out of San Francisco, Drag Story Hour being one of them,"
"It's still so important to not just highlight the program because, you know, literacy, children... but also [we] highlight queer joy and all the things that people say are wrong with us, which are not [wrong]."
Drag Story Hour began in 2015 in San Francisco, founded by Michelle Tea and Radar Productions with support from Julian Delgado Lopera and Virgie Tovar. The first event took place at the Harvey Milk Memorial branch and featured newly crowned SF Drag Laureate Per Sia. The program grew into library and community programming and marked a 10th anniversary celebration at the main public library branch. The program attracted conservative backlash beginning in 2017 and a misleading National Review headline about funding. Supporters describe drag as an artform celebrating dress-up, fantasy, makeup and queer joy. The program has faced protests including a June 2022 Proud Boys disruption that inspired a short film screened at SFFILM.
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