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Outrage Over Drag Queens in Philadelphia’s Tourist Ad: Public Reaction

This makes me never want to visit Philadelphia again.

Comedian Tim Young recently shared a video that was posted on Visit Philadelphia’s YouTube page to encourage tourists to visit the city of brotherly love. I guess creators took that a little too literally when they used two drag queens reading to children in front of Independence Hall. “Brotherly love” by two “queens.” EW!

The video was posted just before pride month 2023, but has recently received backlash after its repost.

“Visit Philadelphia has launched a public service announcement (PSA) in partnership with CBS New York and CBS Philadelphia that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting a drag queen story time in the birthplace of the nation,” the group said in its description of the video. 

It featured drag queens Brittany Lynn and Morgan Wells reading “Giraffes Can’t…

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