Brooklyn Public Library has been hosting Drag Story Hours since 2016. It's one of our most popular, colorful, and well-attended events for kids. In this episode, we explore why Drag Story Hour is important, and how it’s had to change in recent years in response to an increasingly tense political climate.More resources:<ul><li>June is Pride Month! Celebrate at the Library with crafting, story times, film screenings <a href='https://www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series/lgbtq-pride-month'>and more</a>!</li><li>Learn more about <a href='https://www.dragstoryhour.org/'>Drag Story Hour</a> and explore their <a href='https://www.dragstoryhour.org/general-9'>resources</a> for parents and caregivers.</li><li>Have a kid? Attend a story time at a library branches<a href='https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?search=storytime&event=true'> across Brooklyn</a> and check out out our recommendations for <a href='https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?booklist=pride2024-FFY'>new LGBTQ+ books to read with your kid</a>.</li></ul>

Brooklyn Public Library has been hosting Drag Story Hours since 2016. It's one of our most popular, colorful, and well-attended events for kids. In this episode, we explore why Drag Story Hour is important, and how it’s had to change in recent years in response to an increasingly tense political climate. More resources:June is Pride Month! Celebrate at the Library with crafting, story times, film screenings and more!Learn more about Drag Story Hour and explore their resources for parents and caregivers.Have a kid? Attend a story time at a library branches across Brooklyn and check out out our recommendations for new LGBTQ+ books to read with your kid.

Brooklyn Public Library has been hosting Drag Story Hours since 2016. It's one of our most popular, colorful, and well-attended events for kids. In this episode, we explore why Drag Story Hour is important, and how it’s had to change in recent years in response to an increasingly tense political climate.More resources:<ul><li>June is Pride Month! Celebrate at the Library with crafting, story times, film screenings <a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series/lgbtq-pride-month" rel="noopener noreferrer">and more</a>!</li><li>Learn more about <a href="https://www.dragstoryhour.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Drag Story Hour</a> and explore their <a href="https://www.dragstoryhour.org/general-9" rel="noopener noreferrer">resources</a> for parents and caregivers.</li><li>Have a kid? Attend a story time at a library branches<a href="https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?search=storytime&amp;event=true" rel="noopener noreferrer"> across Brooklyn</a> and check out out our recommendations for <a href="https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?booklist=pride2024-FFY" rel="noopener noreferrer">new LGBTQ+ books to read with your kid</a>.</li></ul>

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Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the best of them to you. Current podcast series: Launching July 8, 2025, Borrowed &amp; Returned is a new podcast series that examines what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with library workers, authors and readers across the country, we’ll return to the books that changed us, and changed America, too.&nbsp; Previous podcast series:&nbsp;Borrowed and Banned is our limited series about America's ideological war with its bookshelves. From September to December 2023, we released ten episodes featuring the stories of students on the frontlines, librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and writers whose books have become political battleground. &nbsp; Borrowed, BPL's flagship podcast, is a narrative series about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today’s changing world. We tell stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC’s fraught relationship with trash. For transcripts, pictures, book lists, and resources, please visit our web page: bklynlib.org/podcasts&nbsp;

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Brooklyn Public Library is full of stories. Borrowed brings the best of them to you. Current podcast series: Launching July 8, 2025, Borrowed & Returned is a new podcast series that examines what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with library workers, authors and readers across the country, we’ll return to the books that changed us, and changed America, too.  Previous podcast series:   Borrowed and Banned is our limited series about America's ideological war with its bookshelves. From September to December 2023, we released ten episodes featuring the stories of students on the frontlines, librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and writers whose books have become political battleground.   Borrowed, BPL's flagship podcast, is a narrative series about superhero librarians, neighborhood stories and what it means to be a free, democratic place in today’s changing world. We tell stories about libraries during natural disasters, the challenges of homelessness, and NYC’s fraught relationship with trash. For transcripts, pictures, book lists, and resources, please visit our web page: bklynlib.org/podcasts 

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