Last Saturday, Second Star to the Right Children's Books in Denver, Colo., hosted "their first (but definitely not last!) Drag Queen story time." More than 200 people from all over Colorado filled the bookstore's backyard for the special presentation by the cast of DragOn, a local production at the Garner Galleria Theatre, and "the cast showed off their passion and love for all things inclusive to the excited audience."
"We were thrilled to be able to bring Drag Queen story time and events promoting inclusion and and acceptance to the community," said owner Dea Lavoie. "I have a personal connection as my next door neighbor is a trans child who attended this story time. It was so powerful to be able to show her that being who you want to be is okay.... The overwhelmingly positive response from the community reminds us all that there's still an abundance of kindness to be found in our world, and that there's indeed room for everyone."
Among the books chosen by Second Star for the reading were Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima, Be Who You Are by Todd Parr and My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis. The bookstore said it hopes to host more Drag Queen story times and educational inclusive programming in the future.