The Houston Public Library admitted Friday that one of its “Drag Queen Storytime” storytellers was a registered child sex offender. The library said in a statement it “failed to complete a background check as required,” leading to a man posing as a drag queen.
The Drag Queen Storytime program is an offshoot of a nationwide initiative called “Drag Queen Story Hour” that is supposed to open children’s eyes to “unabashedly queer role models,” according to its website.
When the program began in Houston during the summer of 2018, some parents thought it was a good idea to expose their children to aspects of life they wouldn’t typically see around their homes, like the ones in this news clip from July 2018.
“If they had done their job and due diligence, if they had said wait...maybe it’s not a good idea to have a sex offender who at 200 pounds and 5-foot-11 assaulted an 8-year-old boy,” Shannon said.
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The Drag Queen Storytime program is an offshoot of a nationwide initiative called “Drag Queen Story Hour” that is supposed to open children’s eyes to “unabashedly queer role models,” according to its website.
When the program began in Houston during the summer of 2018, some parents thought it was a good idea to expose their children to aspects of life they wouldn’t typically see around their homes, like the ones in this news clip from July 2018.
“If they had done their job and due diligence, if they had said wait...maybe it’s not a good idea to have a sex offender who at 200 pounds and 5-foot-11 assaulted an 8-year-old boy,” Shannon said.
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