Drag queens vs the far right
On 7 August, fascists from Patriotic Alternative turned up in Leeds to protest Drag Queen Story Hour. These storytimes for kids, where stories are read by drag performers, originated in San Francisco in 2016. Author Michelle Tea, who is behind the events, sought to “inspire a love of reading, while teaching deeper lessons on diversity, self-love and an appreciation of others”. The vast majority of people would surely see this as innocuous fun and it has proved to be very popular, spreading across the US and overseas. However, from 2019 onwards, white supremacists and neo-Nazis in America began...