Won’t somebody please think of the children? Their agency is ignored in the moral panic around drag storytime

  • Written by: Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
Won’t somebody please think of the children? Their agency is ignored in the moral panic around drag storytimeMultnomah County Library/ Flickr

Protesters derailed a Monash City Council meeting on Wednesday, demanding the cancellation of a sold-out drag storytime event at Oakleigh Library in Melbourne’s south-east.

This is just the latest in a string of drag performances for children throughout Victoria being cancelled or postponed in response to...

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