The event also attracted protesters, who claimed they did not call in the bomb threat, and pro-LGBTQ+ counterprotesters. Police found no credible threat. The post Drag story hour canceled at Somerville library following bomb threat appeared first on Boston.

The event promised "a fabulous afternoon of storytelling" for young children at the Central Library's auditorium.

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A drag queen story hour in Somerville had to be canceled on Saturday due to a bomb threat. According to the Boston Globe, there were protestors and counter-protestors outside of the Central Library before the event was cancelled. The Cambridge bomb squad responded and searched the building but said there was no bomb.

A bomb threat cancelled a Somerville library's Drag Queen Story Hour amidst protests, but no injuries or arrests occurred.

The threat came in around the time that the story hour was set to begin Saturday afternoon at the city's central library, according to a city official.

Subsequently, a bomb threat forced the evacuation of the library and the cancellation of the story hour. No bomb was found but the threat has prompted a police investigation. It remains unclear if the threat was related to the protests and police have not yet determined if the threat was a hate crime.

Somerville's city council president was "beyond outraged" after a threat to the city's library led to a Saturday drag story show being canceled.

The threat, which is now under investigation, followed a protest and demonstration of support at the library.