However, as media outlets reported at the time, the full story indicates otherwise.
Drag Queen Story Hour says on its website that its mission is to celebrate reading 'through the glamorous art of drag' and to provide 'diverse, accessible, and culturally-inclusive family programming where kids can express their authentic selves.'īy itself, the National Pulse headline makes it seem like the executive director of Drag Queen Story Hour was arrested on child pornography charges. The posts shared on social media reference a March 2021 article from the National Pulse, a conservative media site, about Drag Queen Story Hour, a national organization with chapters around the country. On June 11, police in Idaho arrested 31 members of a white supremacist group who planned to riot at a Pride celebration. The posts come as threats against LGBTQ rights advocates and allies, spurred in part by a spike in far-right rhetoric online, have forced the cancellation of some events in the US - including those in which drag queens read books to children. Similar claims have circulated on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in both the US and Canada, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool. The video accumulated more than 17,000 likes. Screenshot of an Instagram post taken June 21, 2022
