Mrs. Doubtfire
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Robin Williams stars in 1993's "Mrs. Doubtfire." (COURTESY OF FOX)

On June 28, the Conway Public Library is hosting a Drag Queen Story Hour, which an ill-informed vocal minority is speaking out against. A trip over to the event’s Facebook page reveals some hate-filled comments not worth repeating here.

For the naysayers, the idea of a guy in a dress and makeup is something that will warp and confuse the fragile minds of local children, but, as Conway Public Library Director David Smolen noted in an article that appeared in the Sun, the program is simply “a character dressed up in a costume with makeup who is reading stories to kids with positive themes."

Some Like It Hot
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Tony Curtis (left) and Jack Lemmon get in touch with their feminine sides in 1959's "Some Like It Hot." (COURTESY OF MGM)
Tootsie
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Dustin Hoffman stars as an out-of-work actor who dresses as an woman to land a role in a soap opera in 1982's "Tootsie." (COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES)
To Wong Foo

From left: Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo and Patrick Swayze stars as drag queens traveling to Hollywood in 1995's "Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar." (COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

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