Ban drag!? With all the fuss over drag story hours – people in audacious attire and magical makeup reading to young children – we thought you’d like to hear and see some for yourselves. So you can consider if they should be banned, as some politicians demand.

No need to sneak into your local library’s kiddies’ room though, we’ve brought some to you! This month Out in the Bay presents KPFA Radio’s 3-part Drag Storytime series, produced by me and two KPFA colleagues.

For our third installment, we caught up with drag king VERA! at Montclair Community Play Center in Oakland. VERA! reads their favorite, Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian, to preschoolers and parents. You can see VERA! read on KPFA’s YouTube page.

The book is among the most-banned kids’ picture books in the USA. We also hear from a parent and teacher, and from Drag Story Hour‘s S.F. Bay Area chapter program coordinator about the war on drag and about safety for drag readers.

KPFA’s Drag Storytime Series was produced by KPFA Radio reporters E.A. and Eric Jansen (aka Cinnamon Sugarshoes) and KPFA videographer Peter Stickney. Thank you KPFA for letting us post this series!

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