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- DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
Kenya was performg at Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Florida the night of the horrific attack that took the liv of 49 people.
When she's not by throwg parti at the borough's hottt gay bars, you n fd her readg stori to children drag. By Sttie Andrew, CNN (CNN) -- To many, the stereotypil image of a drag queen is one of a gay man drsed exaggerated feme getup, oversized wigs and heavy makp.
Its performers are gay and straight. Those who perform exaggerated forms of masculy, now often referred to as drag kgs, also mand stag across the US, provg masculy uld be prodd as much as term "homosexualy" me to greater circulatn the '30s, Jefeys said, as did "pansy acts" -- hyper-feme queens whose rout clud nuendos about same-sex sire. Police regularly raid gay bars the US -- until the late '60s, Jefeys said, was illegal for bars New York to serve a drk to a "known homosexual.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
Queens found their own drag ho -- and chosen fai the procs; for many Black and Lato queer and trans people this was a reactn to the racism they faced wh the gay pageant scene. "How trans performers ntributed to drag history Trans drag performers have played a key role throughout the history of the art form -- "you n't tell the story of drag whout trans people, " Tta drag grew populary the '60s and beyond, many trans women found themselv performg bee rampant transphobia and homophobia ma difficult to fd other work.