9/10/2023 0 Comments Drag queen story time![]() Drag is not inherently sexual, but rather always seeks to play with gender in a way that highlights its fluidity and contradictions. While many people associate drag with nightlife or club entertainment, like most artists, DQSH’s “drag queens, kings, and creatures” can gear their performances toward a variety of audiences. With chapters across the United States and around the world, Drag Queen Story Hour offers family-friendly events that are inclusive, entertaining, and educational. In looking to uplift LGBTQ+ youth, librarians, teachers, and community organizers can turn to people who have always been at the forefront of the queer rights movement: drag performers.įounded in 2015 by writer Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions, with Julián Delgado Lopera and Virgie Tovar, Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is “just what it sounds like-drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores.” (Read more DQSH herstory here: ). As schools and libraries come under fire for providing information on and stories about the spectrum of gender and sexual identity, queer children are at risk of seeing themselves pushed aside in the wake of insistence on heteronormativity (and by extension, homophobia and transphobia). As much as we say “it gets better,” now is not an easy time to be an LGTBQ+ child or an adult who loves and cares for one.
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