Libraries, book stores and schools nationwide have hosted Drag Story Hour events since 2015. But the national program, in which drag performers read children’s books to kids, has faced growing ...

Drag performer Emma Lavin, center, tries to find middle ground with protesters in Eugene, Ore., on Oct. 23. Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP, file Lately, drag has been dragged through the mud.

RuPaul’s Drag Race has become a behemoth with seemingly unstoppable forward motion. First aired in 2009 and created by production company World of Wonder, the reality show sees drag queens compete to ...