A well-known television personality and drag queen, Barbada De Barbades, says a Montreal borough has cancelled her upcoming storytime event for children at its local library, with little explanation.
Barbada, the stage name of Sébastien Potvin, has been reading uplifting stories to kids across Quebec for about five years — stories that send the message that it’s OK to be different.
She said this is the first time in Quebec that an event she is paid to do has been cancelled in this way.
“Everything was perfect. We had the contract signed,” Barbada said. From what she’s since been told, the event, which included two
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