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Middle School Invites Drag Queens To Educate And Perform For Students

Hank Berrien

Last week, a North Carolina school hosted local drag queens, encouraging them to talk to middle school students and celebrate how people are different.

The idea was promulgated by two teachers at Central Park School for Children in Durham, North Carolina, Taylor Schmidt and Schara Brooks, who felt students identifying as LGBT were being bullied. Schmidt said, “If we’re going to be a school that’s focused on equity and justice, and if we’re going to be a school that believes in the act of liberation, we need to be creative with our approach.”

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