Drag Queens
As an ultra-regressive movement aims to send gender norms back to the 1950s, previously uncontroversial events are suddenly facing intense harassment.
“I thought you were a little better than CNN,” Kari Lake, an Arizona gubernatorial candidate, charged after she was asked about hypocrisy allegations.
Lake's campaign just slammed drag shows, but the candidate has attended many performances, according to a famous Arizona drag queen.
"As I put him into makeup in my childhood bedroom on Easter Sunday, I watched as he came to experience this joy for himself."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The "Drag Race" winner and emerging fashion designer talks black socks, Google Docs and going to Target.
A local nightclub is having drag queens bring food, cocktails and socially distant lip-synching performances to people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Known offstage as Zavion Davenport, DeVayne was remembered by peers as "a caring, empathetic and beautiful soul."
Bob the Drag Queen, Naomi Smalls and Nina West discuss how the pandemic has affected what they do, where they do it, and the community they're devoted to.
Quinn Laroux is a drag queen that gives tours that educate individuals on the history of sex workers and queer people in New Orleans. However, Covid-19 has forced Quinn to stop giving her tours and performing.
"The Queen" helped pave the way for "RuPaul's Drag Race" and more. As writer Matt Baume finds, however, the documentary omits many artists of color.