Minnesota Rep. Mary Franson thinks drag queens shouldn't read books to kids
Drag story hours are some of the most popular events offered at Hennepin County libraries, and it’s easy to see why. Kids love interacting with colorful, sparkly characters. Adults love that it teaches lessons about creativity, self-expression, and loving people who are different.
But not everyone is a fan. Minnesota Rep. Mary Franson (R-Alexandria) said as much in her Wednesday letter to the Perham Focus. Drag queens, she wrote, are not “appropriate” library programming for kids.
“It was discovered… that a drag performer who read to kids at an event in early October recently retweeted pornography on Twitter, stripped during a drag show, and openly talked about using drugs,” she wrote. “Even more disturbing are the reports that multiple known sex offenders have hosted these story times in other states.”
She called it “outrageous” that “publicly funded institutions would put on such programming.”
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when my children were young (2-12) I rented an upstairs apartment to a man whom I can't really put an appropriate label on... but he was flamboyant and loved to "dress up" My kids loved him and the stories he told and the time he spent with them... my children are better people from having known him 