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Notes from a Library's Drag Queen Story Hour

Notes from a Library's Drag Queen Story Hour

When the crazies show up, the only antidote is for the community to show up, too.

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A year ago, I was still working at our local library, and we chose to throw a Drag Queen Story Hour. The crazies showed up, and then our community showed up. So this week, instead of a new article, I’m going to redirect you back to that one. It’s worth the read if you’ve been following the debate around this at all!

What it's like to throw a Drag Queen Story Hour

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July 8, 2022
What it's like to throw a Drag Queen Story Hour

This article can be read or listened to! My audio version below contains an extra few minutes of me editorializing at the end. I mean, this is all technically me editorializing, but yeah, there’s a bit more of it on the audio version. Carry on! So I’m doing something a little different this week: I’m gonna talk about my day job. I work at a public librar…

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