Anyone who works with children — whether nurses, teachers, librarians, coaches or bus drivers — should go through a screening process. Prior to interacting with children, they should pass an FBI background check, fingerprint check, drug screening and child abuse training. But apparently there are no rules for adult men who want to read books to children about so-called diversity — provided that man is in a garish drag costume.

A recent poll conducted by Sonia Poulton found that 88% of respondents were opposed to Drag Queen Story Hour. The vast majority of Americans felt the very idea of drag queens reading to children in public libraries falls somewhere on the spectrum between morally repugnant and absurd.

The inspiration behind Drag Queen Storytime (aka Drag Queen Story Hour) is a Jewish lesbian from Los Angeles, one Michelle Tea (Tomasik), and RADAR Productions of San Francisco. RADAR productions is a Bay Area production company whose mission statement reads: “RADAR is a Bay Area queer literary arts organization creating and supporting a community of queer artists through commissioning, developing and presenting ground-breaking literary work.” Looks like big business.