This kind of interaction has been ludicrously criticized by those on the right as part of the supposed “grooming” of youth by drag queens “into their unhealthy lifestyle.” They claim that such efforts are meant “to indoctrinate” and “sexualize” children “and destroy their innocence” and call them a form of “child abuse,” saying the events can turn a library into “a drag queen nightclub.” Laura Ingraham, one of Fox News’ resident anti-LGBTQ bigots, even had a guest on her show who said the parents of a young drag queen should “be arrested for child abuse.”

Despite the right’s best efforts, drag has become more mainstream and profitable than ever, and at the end of the day, anti-LGBTQ bigots look busted compared to the major success of drag.