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NY Dems running for House want fed funding for ‘Drag Story Hour’ as city, state spends $700K– nypost.com

Posted on May 26, 2026 by PG Newser

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Two New York Democrats running in a hotly contested congressional primary pledged federal funding for “Drag Story Hour” — as records show city and state taxpayers have paid nearly $700,000 to boost the program.

Incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman and his opponent, former city Comptroller Brad Lander, both told an LGBTQ Democratic club that they support dishing out federal money to subsidize the program, which invited drag queens into schools to read to young children.

Protesters supporting Drag Queen Story Hour hold signs outside The Center, a support space for LGBTQ+ people, in New York City. Getty Images
A spokesman for Brad Lander confirmed that if elected to the House, the Democrat looks foward to funding drag story hours, along with affordable housing, health and childcare and more. AP

“Unfortunately, the Majority does not allow funding from Members of Congress to support LGBTQIA+ programming,” Goldman wrote in on a questionnaire from the Jim Owles LGBT Liberal Democratic Club in response to a question about whether he had “hosted, funded or otherwise supported” a Drag Story Hour.

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