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on June 22, 2017 in World News

Brooklyn Public Library Hosts ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ ‘Classic tales read by drag queens’

BY: Elizabeth Harrington Follow @LizWFB The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting almost monthly “Drag Queen Story Hour” events that teach “gender fluidity” to preschoolers. “Drag Queen Story Hour puts the rainbow in reading [and] also captures the imagination and play of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models!” according to a listing for an event last weekend posted on the library website. The events began last fall, and are modeled off a program created by Michelle Tea, an “author of five memoirs,” in San Francisco. One of the first story hours in Brooklyn featured the drag queen… View Article

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on June 22, 2017 in World News

Gowdy Wonders Why DNC Didn’t Turn Over Hacked Server: ‘There May Be Something They Didn’t Want Law Enforcement to See’

BY: Jack Heretik Follow @JackHeretik Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) wondered Wednesday why the Democratic National Committee did not turn over its hacked computer server to authorities after the organization said it never received federal assistance, floating the possibility that the DNC had something it “didn’t want law enforcement to see.” Gowdy spoke with Fox News host Martha MacCallum about why the DNC did not turn over its server to the Department of Homeland Security or FBI officials who could have helped patch holes in the organization’s network to prevent future cyber intrusions. The DNC was hacked during the 2016 presidential… View Article

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