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Get an inside peek at a real Drag Queen Story Hour in Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s powerful new short film

It’s Okay comes in, an impactful short film that “presents a quiet take on a very noisy subject,” following one young family as they head to a neighborhood pre-school where a queen, Shelita Bonet Hoyle, reads children’s books like It’s Okay To Be Different.A post shared by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler)As Out reported late last month, the short is a collaboration between Emmy-nominated and Tony-winning actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), his husband and co-producer Justin Mikita, and acclaimed documentary filmmaker David France.France, of course, is behind a number of powerful films delving into the past, present, and future of our queer community, from harrowing account of anti-gay purges in southern Russia Welcome To Chechnya, to a chronicle of the mothers of our libration movement The Death And Life Of Marsha P. Johnson, to the Oscar-nominated How To Survive A Plague looking back on the impact of the AIDS epidemic.And though the 11-minute short It’s Okay may seem like a smaller-scale effort compared to France’s previous works, its central message feels just as big, just as crucial.Filmed in Charlotte, NC a week after local lawmakers introduced a bill that would make it illegal for drag artists to perform for minors, It’s Okay boldly presents Drag Queen Story Hours as they always are—at least when fear-mongering protesters aren’t trying to disrupt them with anger and violence: They’re peaceful, joyful, and a real opportunity for kids to just be themselves.A post shared by David France (@bydavidfrance)In a statement shared exclusively with Queerty, producer Jesse Tyler Ferguson has this to say about the short:“It’s Okay is a powerful rebuttal to the very real threat of government interference in our performance and making of art around our country.
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Life husband PHOTOS: 21 pics of husbands Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Justin Mikita serving up #relationshipgoals
A post shared by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler)Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita are one of our favorite gay couples.Ferguson, 47, and Mikita, 37, a lawyer and LGBTQ+ advocate, wed in 2013, after dating for two years. The men used to say they met through mutual friends but Ferguson later admitted this wasn’t actually true.”I met my husband at the gym, but we always tell people it was through some mutual friends,” he confessed to Us Weekly in 2014.He confirmed to Variety in 2020 the gym was Equinox in West Hollywood. They met there in 2010.“We were both in the locker room, fully clothed.
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