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Pizza Hut Faces Backlash After Promoting Drag Queen Book For Kids

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Pizza Hut Faces Backlash After Promoting Drag Queen Book For Kids
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Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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6/5/2022|Updated: 6/6/2022
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Restaurant chain Pizza Hut is facing criticism and boycott calls after recommending a book about a child drag queen in its reading program for children.

The recommendation was made as part of the company’s BOOK IT program that aims to encourage reading in schools nationwide. This year’s program began on June 1, and the company included a book called “Big Wig” in its recommendations, which is about a young boy protagonist who decides to dress in drag during a costume competition.

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Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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