Drag Story Hour continues taxpayer-funded programming in NYC schools, libraries

Drag Queen Story Hour is back in New York City schools and libraries as though it never left— because it hasn't. After outrage from parents who didn't feel that their children needed to be read to about pronouns and non-binary toddlers by men and women costumed as the opposite sex, the City of New York continued funding, and expanding, Drag Queen Story Hour programs.

Drag Queens funded with taxpayer dollars dress up and read to children in libraries, schools, parks and green spaces all over town and in every borough. Drag Queen Story hour is funded by New York City Councilmembers, who are able to use their discretionary funding to pay for the drag queens and kings to come read to children, and help them put on drag queen makeup.

Among those councilmembers who fund this are Keith Powers, Jimmy Van Bramer and Daniel Dromm.

Drag Story Hour NYC routinely shares images of drag queens reading to students, whether in schools, libraries or elsewhere. They shared images of students at Queens middle school IS 93, where Bella Noche spoke to children.