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A staple in Chicago for years, drag events for kids targeted by far-right groups

CHICAGO — In a blue dress and wig, drag queen Muffy Fishbasket — Miss Muffy when performing for kids — opened the children’s book “My Lucky Day,” as a child yelled, “I read it!” “No way, don’t tell anyone the ending,” Miss Muffy replied. “It’s a secret.” Miss Muffy narrated the story at Andersonville’s Midsommarfest in June, eliciting laughs and giggles from the crowd of children and adults, ...
Shea Couleé partners with Smirnoff for the launch of Show Up, Show Off drag brunch competition at Chicago Pride in the Park on June 25, 2022, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — In a blue dress and wig, drag queen Muffy Fishbasket — Miss Muffy when performing for kids — opened the children’s book “My Lucky Day,” as a child yelled, “I read it!”

“No way, don’t tell anyone the ending,” Miss Muffy replied. “It’s a secret.”

Miss Muffy narrated the story at Andersonville’s Midsommarfest in June, eliciting laughs and giggles from the crowd of children and adults, according to a video on social media.

Kid-friendly drag performances and story hours have been held in Chicago and some suburbs

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