A Rainbow For Reading: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study On Drag Queen Reading Programs

Radis, Brie; Wenocur, Katharine; Jin, Jeffrey; Keeler, Colleen

doi:10.1080/15401383.2021.1892557

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“…Barriage et al (2020Barriage et al ( , 2021 surveyed librarians whose libraries hosted a DQST and investigated librarians' perceptions of childhood development. Within the educational sphere, Keenan and drag queen Lil Miss Hot Mess (2020) present DQST as an emancipatory way of queering early childhood education, while Radis et al (2021) explored the potential psychoeducational benefits of drag queen reading programs. Montague and Latham (2019) summarize the trends and similarities in DQST programs across the United States.…”

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confidence: 99%

The discourse of drag queen story time challengers and supporters

Chabot

Helkenberg

2022

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Drag Queen Story Time (DQST) is a public library program where drag queens lead a story time for children and families. Although this program is meant to celebrate diversity, the program can also invite an onslaught of political warfare against gender and sexuality nonconformity and intellectual freedom. This study analyzes the arguments of DQST challengers and supporters to better understand the motivations behind both negative and positive responses to this polarizing program. The study examines 406 publicly available letters written by community members, professionals, and vested organizations expressing opposition or support for a DQST that was hosted in a large library system in Canada, the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) in 2019.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%