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By the time we reach the top of the stairs, the sequins are in full effect.
The money-taker waves me through with my 15-year-old daughter, Sydney -- but not before pointing out that my dress needs a few little baubles to pretty-up my decolletage. Too bad, I think. I had dressed so carefully for the afternoon. Then again, there's never enough sparkle for a room full of drag queens.
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Why would anyone want to drag their children to a drag queen show?
Can't think of a weirder way to show the "diversity" of the world than seeing people with gender issues.
How 'bout a ballgame?
Looks like the circus side show is in town!
Good post. I was 16 when my parents took me to my first drag show. We were on vacation in Wildwood, N.J. and my parents took me to a night club for some impeccable drag preformances.
I am thankful to my father each day for filling my childhood with diversity. But he came by it honestly. My grandparents were deaf and raised 4 hearing children. My father saw the discrimination they faced everyday. He felt that exposure to differences was the solution to the problem. I grew up surrounded by difference and it has made all the difference.
I love Drag Queens they are so FABULOUS in every way. I wish I could get up on a stage in ornate outfits and perform LOL!!! You betta work!!
Ella Fitzgerald? My God I remember her from 20 years ago when I was in DC. Some things never change (and thats a good thing)
Great article :)
My husband and I have taken our boys to the pride parade and my cousin and his wonderful partner babysat them many times when they were younger. I think, especially with boys, it's so important to let them know by your words and actions as parents that glbt are normal choices in the sexual spectrum. I've raised two amazing hetero kids who are comfortable and accepting of other peoples life choices and it was pretty easy to do.
Thank you Thank you!!! I don't have any chilren yet but when/if I do I will purposefully expose them to the lifestyle so they don't have horrible stereotypes. Two of my godfathers were gay! one was a drag queen and this was in 1986!! I love my mom for being so open! Oh Uncle Barrignton...may you rest in peace! Sadly I lost so many of those wonderful people to AIDS! they were truly beautiful people!!
This would not be my first choice to 'toughen' up my child.
We took our kids, nieces and nephews to Howard University
Homecomings in downtown DC to aid in the breaking of the
protective incubator that we had wrapped them in through the
years. The positivity and the diversity you find at a place like HU
which includes people from every state in the Union, gay, straight, wealthy,
poor, urban and rural is a much better choice in my opinion. Moreover,
if you are attempting to put her in environs that will minimize her
likelihood of being co-opted by the culture and becoming
homophobic then expose her to what is the critical mass of
folks in the homosexuals community.
The everyday doctors, lawyers, reporters, bakers etc;
the Jane and John Doe's of the world who just happen to be gay.
I disagree.
Sydney is young. She will have plenty of time to explore those more serious aspects of the lives of members of the LGBT "queer" community.
At this point in her life, breaking down her anxieties in related to these people is paramount, and from what I can tell, her mother has definitely succeeded in doing that.
This lady was trying to introduce her daughter to people with a totally different life-style then their own. Everyday doctors, even if they are gay, don't fit into that category.
Not all homosexual people are this flamboyant, but they do exist you know, and it can't hurt to show it and to see that it is not scary at all.
The point is that wether you are a square homosexual or a queer one, people shouldn't feel afraid of that.
Saw a tee-shirt once: "It's only kinky the first time"...
Wooooooooooohooooooooooooooo for that mother!
This is great.
LOL the kids talking Dr.-Phil-speak: example of the changing usage of "inappropriate," which once meant 'unsuitable to a particular context or situation,' before it became an all-purpose euphemism for "bad". The balloon act was totally appropriate to its context .
Does anybody think that looks like Melanie Griffith??
I was thinkin a more extreme version of Joan Sutherland
What a Mom. Now a child that knows differant doesn't mean bad
drag queens are sooo much fun, I was in vegas and we went to this giant party that had tons of drag queens, they made the entire party very very fun...
Too bad every parent doesn't have the intellect to do things like this. The world would be a much saner and fun place to live in!
Every drag queen I have ever known has been as tough as nails. They live life on their terms and take nothing from anybody. Remember it was the drag queens who first fought back at the Stonewall Riots.
What's your favorite drag name?
Here are some choices:
Amanda Reckonwith
Beverly Hills
Patty Melt
Ida Slapter
My all time fave... Lois Commondemoninater
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First Posted: 08-17-09 05:49 PM | Updated: 08-17-09 06:09 PM