performance art
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RuPaul Had a Few Things to Say in His Emmy Speech About Drag Queens
The host of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” urges people to “listen to drag queens”
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Another Drag Story Hour Targeted by White Supremacists
New York Attorney General Letitia James hosted the NYC event, which ended with one protestor walking bloodied and bruised.
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![Drag Queen Story Time Host Speaks Out after Proud Boys’ Invasion [Updated]](https://assets-server.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29124903/74721305291def76143f0fed8410e5ca-300x200.jpg)
Drag Queen Story Time Host Speaks Out after Proud Boys’ Invasion [Updated]
The white supremacist group has graduated from “stop the steal” to “don’t say gay.”
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The Proud Boys Storm Drag Queen Story Hour
The far-right Proud Boys led children and adults to fear for their safety.
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![Exclusive: New Performance Project VOICES to Replace Vagina Monologues and Focus on Experiences of Black Women [Updated]](https://assets-server.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29114025/aqm0g5svqif3tfbloxie-300x169.png)
Exclusive: New Performance Project VOICES to Replace Vagina Monologues and Focus on Experiences of Black Women [Updated]
The year 2020 has served as an opportunity for many people to pivot in their careers—and the same can be said for programming in the arts. The Root has exclusively learned that V-Day (a global activist movement organization with a mission to end violence against women) is replacing the highly popular episodic play The Vagina…