New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are facing intense criticism after inviting a drag queen book author to contribute to an education show aimed at young children. …“Today I’m going to read from my own book, which is ‘The Hips On the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish,’” …According to NYCDOE’s website, “Let’s Learn” is geared toward an audience of 3-K to second grade, or children between ages 3 to 8. It is meant to feature “lessons taped by educators” and “offers age-appropriate content… …“I wrote this book because I wanted everyone to get to experience the magic of drag and to get a little practice shaking their hips or shimmying their shoulders to know how we can feel fabulous inside of our own bodies,” the performer said, before moving on to read the book to the tune of the nursery rhyme “The Wheels on the Bus.”
