Drag Queen Story Hour for Kids Coming Near You



Men dressed as women apparently has entertained humans since the beginning of time. Some folks at a public library in San Francisco thought if would be fun if the Saturday kid's story hour was done by drag queens. Kids and parents loved it. New York City added it to their story hour. Now is is all over the country.

Apparently, it is OK for women dressed as women or men dressed as men to read stories to kids. For some reason it is a sin for men dressed as women to read the same story.

Because we have granddaughters studying and performing ballot and musical theater, we go to many performances. Most often there is a shortage of men who perform. The solution is for women to take male parts. Children are in the audiences. The actors are telling a story. There should be outrage, but there is not.

The reason there is no outrage, I suppose, is because drag performing is associated with homosexuality. I know personally several drag performers. Some, perhaps the majority, are out as gay. But some are straight and enjoy performing that particular art form.

I remember decades ago a bunch of jockeys performed can-can dancing in drag on the Ed Sullivan TV show. Jonathan Winters and other comedians performed as woman characters.

There might be issues in our lives to be worried about. Men in drag reading stories to children is not one of them.


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  1. MaxJune 11, 2019 at 5:02 PM

    Thanks for the thoughts and info.

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    1. Jon LindgrenJune 14, 2019 at 8:10 PM

      You are welcome. Sorry I did not get your comment approved and posted sooner.

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