In partnership with The Children's Room and with a grant from Revitalizing Waterbury, Bridgeside is hosting our first Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) with Vermont Drag Queens Emoji Nightmare and Katniss Everqueer.
Following the story hour, The Children's Room volunteers will lead kids in an activity decorating their own crowns.
DQSH celebrates reading through the glamorous art of drag and creates diverse, accessible, and culturally-inclusive family programming where kids can express their authentic selves and become bright lights of change in their communities. In spaces like this, kids can learn from LGBTQ+ experiences to love themselves, celebrate the fabulous diversity in their communities, and stand up for what they believe in and each other.
Emoji Nightmare and Katniss Everqueer will be sure to delight and captivate audience members of all ages as they share stories focused on individuality, activism, gender, creativity, expression, and social responsibility.
DQSH was created in San Francisco in 2015 by Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions, a queer literary arts organization. DQSH has now has now grown into a global network of local organizations (including the one here in Vermont), each of which is independently managed and funded.
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