During a Philadelphia Gay News-hosted event on the first day of Pride Month on June 1, Philadelphia set a new Guinness World Record for the largest drag story time ever, writes Cherise Lynch for NBC 10 Philadelphia.

The event brought together famed Philadelphia drag performers and dozens of local Philadelphians and their children.

During the event at the National Constitution Center in Center City, performers read children’s stories to 263 people, setting the new Guinness World Record.

“Philadelphia is where our country was founded, where the Declaration of Independence was debated and signed and where some of the most significant LGBTQIA+ moments in U.S. history took place,” said Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News. “Creating history-making moments like we’ve done today, hosted on land synonymous with our country’s fight for fundamental rights and freedom, serves as a powerful reminder of the resiliency, talent, and culture that make up the fabric of our great American city.”

This isn’t the only record-breaking moment that Philly’s LGBTQ+ community has broken recently. 

Philadelphia also carried the world’s largest Pride flag, measuring 400 feet long, leading up to and during the annual Pride March and Festival. 

Read more about the two new records Philadelphia has set in NBC 10 Philadelphia.

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