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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 se asocia con Smirnoff para el lanzamiento de la competencia de brunch Show Up, Show Off en Chicago Pride in the Park el 25 de junio de 2022 en 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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