World’s largest drag story time event sets Guinness World Record

Pride Month began with a record-breaking event in Philadelphia, as the world's largest Pride flag, spanning 400 feet, toured the city on Friday, marking the end of May.

On Saturday, Philadelphia achieved another milestone with over 260 attendees at a drag queen story time event.

The Guinness Book of World Records was present to verify the crowd size at the National Constitution Center, according to ‘CBS News’.

The event took place within view of Independence Hall, where the Founding Fathers declared that all are created equal and guaranteed unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Brittany Lynn, the organiser of Drag Queen Story Time, commenced the reading after introductions from Mark Segal, publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News, and Celena Morrison-McLean, executive director of the city's Office of LGBT Affairs.

“This is just the beginning of the festivities, there's a lot going on all month long. The time has come, are you ready to celebrate the world record?” Morrison-McLean said.

“I couldn't think of a better way to kick off Pride than to be here with you,” Lynn stated before reading ‘Hello, Philadelphia’ by Martha Day Zschock, eliciting enthusiastic cheers, especially during a passage that mentioned the Phillies and Eagles.

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Other readers included Miss Aurora, who read ‘'Twas the Night Before Pride’ by Joanna McClintick.

After a moment of anticipation, Guinness World Records adjudicator Michael Empric confirmed the event set a record with 263 attendees.

“It shows you that we are one of the nation's most LGBT-friendly cities,” said Segal of the Philadelphia Gay News, which hosted the event along with Visit Philadelphia. “Everybody combined, agencies, organizations and the general public, to set this record. We want to tell the rest of the world this is an inviting city, that no matter who you are, please come and visit Philadelphia.”

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