Drag Storytime returns to the Okanagan Regional Library
Global News
The much anticipated, yet controversial Drag Storytime will be returning to the Okanagan Regional Library in Downtown Kelowna on January 28th, 2023.
The Okanagan Regional library has partnered with the Kelowna Pride society and Advocacy Canada to host a once very popular event called Drag Storytime.
The last time this event took place was back in November of 2019.
“Well it’s been three years since this happened and it was a very popular event, lots of kids and their parents came out to that and loved it,” said Advocacy Canada’s president and CEO, Wilbur Turner.
Library CEO Danielle Hubbard tells Global news hosting events like this shows the library is a safe and inclusive space.
“I think it’s a really important gesture of solidarity and support for our gender diverse members of our community,” said Hubbard
I think it’s also a very important program for anyone in Kelowna and the Okanagan just to see that there are a diverse array of human beings in our world.”
Advocacy Canada president Wilbur Turner says, although the event comes with much enthusiasm, it is also surrounded in controversy.
Similar events like this have taken place across Canada including in Coquitlam and Calgary where protestors clashed, and police had to be called.