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These Umbrella-Twirling Drag Defenders Are Protecting Libraries from Bigots

DON’T RAIN ON THE PARADE

Drag story hours have become a target for the far right, but a coalition of volunteers is standing between extremists and the library.

Kelly Weill
Kelly Weill
An illustration of a drag queen holding up a rainbow-colored umbrella protecting library books for drag queen story hour.
Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast
Kelly Weill

Kelly Weill

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