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  • Drag queens give stories some sparkle in Brattleboro

    10/24/2021 6:29:25 AM PDT · by billorites · 38 replies
    Keene Sentinel ^ | October 24, 2021 | Olivia Belanger
    BRATTLEBORO — Children gathered at the Sanctuary of Epsilon Spires on Saturday, ready for an afternoon story time filled with glamour and sparkle. The stories were being read by drag queens, after all. "We talk a lot at home about gender identity and expression, so when I saw the sign for it ... I thought why not," said Kate Paarlberg-Kvam, 41, of Manchester, Vt., who attended the event with her child, Joey, 7. The Drag Queen Story Hour — a nationwide initiative started in 2015 in San Francisco to celebrate reading through the art of drag — was one of...