Hamilton library hosts drag queen storytime amid a smattering of demonstrators
It’s the second drag time storytime has been held at a city library this month, with the other at their Binbrook location.
Shelley McKay, the library’s manager of communications, told Global News kids and parents have really been enjoying them as part of an initaitive to support “intellectual freedom.” She characterized Thursday morning’s gathering out front of the facility as “peaceful” although a bit “surprising.”“Hopefully everyone … has good conversation, respectful discourse and I hope that the little ones are having a good time.”Spokesperson Const. Krista-Lee Ernst said no arrests or charges needed to be made.
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