New York spends $200K in taxpayer money to bring drag performers to public schools

• New York City spent more than $200,000 in public money over the last five years to bring drag queens into schools.
• The non-profit Drag Story Hour NYC has created 49 presentations in English, Spanish, and Cantonese for 34 different public schools and special needs schools so far this year.

According to a study, New York City spent more than $200,000 in public money over the last five years to bring drag queens into schools

According to the New York Post, the total includes a $50,000 contribution from New York State’s Council on the Arts, as well as $157,000 from New York City’s Departments of Education, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Community Development, and even the Department of Transportation.

In May alone, the non-profit earned $46,000 in municipal contracts for appearances at public schools, street festivals, and libraries ahead of Pride month, according to records.

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“It costs us $600 to develop each DSH program,” but “we only charge public schools $300 each program, and we give a limited number of free programs for schools that can’t pay the fee.”

Some parents told the Post that they were given early notice of drag events at their children’s schools but were not given the choice to opt out.