Comg Out the Age of Drag Queens - The Gay & Lbian Review

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• DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS
• IS PRO WRTLG READY FOR A GAY DRAG DUO?THE FELLA TWS ARE LOOKG TO CHANGE THE HOMOPHOBIC WORLD OF WRTLG, ONE BODY SLAM AT A TIME. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 21, 2016/12:29 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 21, 2016 / 12:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS PRO WRTLG READY FOR A GAY DRAG DUO?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-21T16:29:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-21T16:29:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROFSNAL WRTLG HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST GAY-IENDLY SPORT, BUT A PAIR OF DRAG QUEEN WRTLERS ARE HERE TO CHANGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICK CATALDO AND EDDY MCQUEEN ARE KNOWN AS THE FELLA TWS — A PARODY OF THE WWE'S THE BELLA TWS — AND THEY'RE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY TAG TEAM WRTLERS ON THE DIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWS ARE KNOWN AS AN TERGENR TEAM, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL FIGHT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, AND THEY DO BOTH AND OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TEAMMAT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OFTEN TREATED MORE LIKE EDIANS THAN ATHLET, AND THEY ARE CERTALY NO STRANGERS TO HEARG HOMOPHOBIC SLURS SHOUTED AT THEM WHILE THEY'RE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE ALL THE OBSTACL THEY FACE AS THE OUTSTS OF THE ARENA, HOWEVER, THEY ARE SLOWLY GAG THE RPECT OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DIE WRTLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY N GET THE CROWD EATG OUT OF THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS," SAID WRTLER MARTI BELL. "THEY N MAKE YOU PLETELY FALL LOVE WH OR PLETELY HATE THEM. IT'S SOMETHG A LOT OF WRTLERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BETTER, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPIRE OTHER GAY WRTLERS, CLUDG OPENLY GAY DIE WRTLER BRYCE BOYER, WHO SAYS RICK AND EDDY PAVED THE WAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE HIM TO ENTER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I KNOW A LOT OF GAY WRTLERS WHO WERE OLR, AND ALWAYS SAID HOW HARD WAS TO E TO THE BS AND BE GAY, AND A LOT OF THEM STILL AREN'T OUT, SO TO KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE RICK AND EDDY—YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE THEM," BOYER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOYS, WHO ARE ONLY THEIR 20S, SAY THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW LONG THEY'LL NTUE WRTLG, BUT THEY ARE FELY AWARE OF THE IMPACT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ARE SO UNIQUE THE WORLD OF WRTLG," SAID MCQUEEN. "AND I THK THE WORLD IS READY FOR THE FELLA TWS. IT'S SOMETHG THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

DRAG QUEENS CHANTG ‘WE’RE G FOR YOUR KIDS’ HURT GAY RIGHTS

From Homophob to Drag Queens. 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.

IS PRO WRTLG READY FOR A GAY DRAG DUO?THE FELLA TWS ARE LOOKG TO CHANGE THE HOMOPHOBIC WORLD OF WRTLG, ONE BODY SLAM AT A TIME. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 21, 2016/12:29 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAAUGT 21, 2016 / 12:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS PRO WRTLG READY FOR A GAY DRAG DUO?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-21T16:29:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-21T16:29:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROFSNAL WRTLG HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE MOST GAY-IENDLY SPORT, BUT A PAIR OF DRAG QUEEN WRTLERS ARE HERE TO CHANGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICK CATALDO AND EDDY MCQUEEN ARE KNOWN AS THE FELLA TWS — A PARODY OF THE WWE'S THE BELLA TWS — AND THEY'RE THE FIRST OPENLY GAY TAG TEAM WRTLERS ON THE DIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWS ARE KNOWN AS AN TERGENR TEAM, WHICH MEANS THEY WILL FIGHT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, AND THEY DO BOTH AND OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TEAMMAT FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OFTEN TREATED MORE LIKE EDIANS THAN ATHLET, AND THEY ARE CERTALY NO STRANGERS TO HEARG HOMOPHOBIC SLURS SHOUTED AT THEM WHILE THEY'RE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE ALL THE OBSTACL THEY FACE AS THE OUTSTS OF THE ARENA, HOWEVER, THEY ARE SLOWLY GAG THE RPECT OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DIE WRTLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY N GET THE CROWD EATG OUT OF THE PALMS OF THEIR HANDS," SAID WRTLER MARTI BELL. "THEY N MAKE YOU PLETELY FALL LOVE WH OR PLETELY HATE THEM. IT'S SOMETHG A LOT OF WRTLERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BETTER, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPIRE OTHER GAY WRTLERS, CLUDG OPENLY GAY DIE WRTLER BRYCE BOYER, WHO SAYS RICK AND EDDY PAVED THE WAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE HIM TO ENTER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I KNOW A LOT OF GAY WRTLERS WHO WERE OLR, AND ALWAYS SAID HOW HARD WAS TO E TO THE BS AND BE GAY, AND A LOT OF THEM STILL AREN'T OUT, SO TO KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE RICK AND EDDY—YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE THEM," BOYER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOYS, WHO ARE ONLY THEIR 20S, SAY THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW LONG THEY'LL NTUE WRTLG, BUT THEY ARE FELY AWARE OF THE IMPACT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ARE SO UNIQUE THE WORLD OF WRTLG," SAID MCQUEEN. "AND I THK THE WORLD IS READY FOR THE FELLA TWS. IT'S SOMETHG THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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.

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.