Pizza Hut facing boycotts over book suggestion with drag queen protagonist

Published June 3, 2022 12:00am ET



In an attempt to promote its reading program for children, Pizza Hut came under fire for recommending a book about a child drag queen.

The chain restaurant sent an email to begin its summer program Camp Book It, which began on June 1. As June also marks Pride Month, the email included three recommendations surrounding the topic of the month, including one book titled Big Wig, which features a male child protagonist who decides to dress in drag for his neighborhood costume competition.

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