by Scott A. Leadingham A deluge of headlines about state laws to restrict drag performances like drag story hours at libraries make it seem like these are recent debates. They are not. Drag and the First Amendment are part of a larger and long-running question about ...
by Lucas Hilderbrand In a 2020 episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the contestants participated in a parody of a presidential candidate debate. Jaida Essence Hall handily won the challenge with her refrain, “Look over there!” as she pointed at nothing. This joke became both her ...
Let’s be grateful that Ron DeSantis devotes so much of his time raging over drag queens and bragging how he punished Disney for disagreeing with him. An obsessive pursuit of “woke” has kept the Florida governor and apparent presidential candidate from mucking around serious matters. ...
April Paris broke up laughing after her daughter, Ava, told a guy with a notebook what she wanted to be when she grew up. “A heavy equipment operator,” Ava said, with all the seriousness and earnestness a 5-year-old can muster. “Can you believe it?” Paris said. “She’s ...
Call it Drag Queen Story Time 2.0. To help the community celebrate its diversity and to encourage young people to read, West Virginia University’s LGBTQ+ Center will present Drag Queen Storytime & Show from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Gluck Theater in the Mountainlair. “We expect a ...
The Drag Queen Story Time event that was scheduled Saturday at the Morgantown Public Library on Spruce Street was canceled after comments were posted to Facebook that the presenters felt their safety and the safety of the event were threatened. Library staff will replace the canceled event ...