Pastor Seeks Legal Action for His Arrest During Drag Queen Story Hour

A drag queen reads to adults and children in Riverside, Calif., on June 22, 2019. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

A pastor from Spokane, Washington, is contesting his arrest outside a library that was hosting a drag queen story hour.

Afshin Yaghtin is a Baptist pastor who runs the New Covenant Baptist Church in Spokane. He attempted to attend a drag queen story hour at Spokane Public Library on June 15, on the weekend of Father’s Day.