#drag
Pink News: Pitiful turnout of anti-drag protesters countered with ‘joyful’ LGBTQ+ street party https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/28/turning-point-uk-drag-event-honor-oak/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #dragqueenstorytime #TurningPointUK #Activism #honoroak #London #Drag #News #UK
TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY
THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW - 5/28/1993, Syndicated
Drag diva and recording artist RuPaul, newly famous in the mainstream media in 1993 for the dance single and music video "Supermodel (You Better Work)," was one of the guests on this late-night talk/variety show.
Pink News: Drag Race UK star Cheryl Hole throws major shade at Phillip Schofield https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/28/phillip-schofield-affair-drag-race-cheryl-hole/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #PhillipSchofield #cherylhole #DragRaceUK #Celebrity #Drag #News #UK
#MuffyVanderbiltIII isn’t just another pretty face… she also has good #makeup! 💋💄
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsxWkPIr80G/?igshid=NzJjY2FjNWJiZg==
Enter her #giveaway for a chance to see this gorgeous mug slay on #CampWannakiki and win a 1-month #OUTtv #giftcard! 👑🔥
Picking 25 lucky winners June 5th on #Instagram live!
Using the tips I earned from last Friday night's drag performance in #SecondLife, *THIS* is my new look for next week's drag performance! 💋 (Yes, MissDrag is seven feet tall with the wig! The higher the hair, the closer to God.)
Drag in Second Life is addictive, and I might need an intervention! #VirtualWorlds #Metaverse #Drag #DragQueen
John Cleese and Cast Crack Up During Policewomen Sketch | At Last the 1948 Show
#TV #YouTube #Comedy #Humor #JohnCleese #MartyFeldman #Graham Chapman #Tim Brooke-Taylor #Drag
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The festival begins this fall on Oct. 22 at the In-N-Out Burger #Pomona #Dragstrip. It will feature a full day of events ranging from #dragracing, a #carshow and just an overall fair atmosphere with #livemusic throughout the day.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/in-n-out-to-celebrate-75th-anniversary-with-drag-race-zz-top-performance/
Some photos from the Honor Oak protest this morning, standing against Turning Point UK.
Pics © Aaron Coe.
Pink News: Marjorie Taylor Greene, who calls drag queens ‘groomers’, thinks it’s fine for her boyfriend to do drag https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/27/marjorie-taylor-greene-drag-partner-hypocrisy/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #MarjorieTaylorGreene #Drag #News #US
Break Free! The Queen of Domestic Shorthairs by @brentpruitt
new #catart for #caturday or any chore day!
my Queen-inspired #drag #cat would love to clean up several acts around the nation – but more so, wish everyone a happy, #queer & safe #pridemonth #🌈 #🦄
do watch Queen's [controversial at the time] MTV video 'i want to break free' for a cheer up…
that's PRE-madonna 'like a virgin' MTV awards controversy!
When I was in Wellington, New Zealand, I was entranced by their unusual crosswalk icons. I asked my new friends there about them. I was told a story about a drag performer and activist by the name of Carmen Rupe. She was a trans woman who was also Māori (native people of NZ).
Her story is pretty cool. And it’s awesome that NZ honored her this way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Rupe
#Trans #Transgender #LGBTQ #DragQueen #Drag #Wellington #NewZealand #NZ #GenderEquality #Activism #Maori
#Sparkles on #SecondStreet: #Milwaukee #PrideParade set for June 4
The #Pride Parade will feature more than 50 #units, #drag #entertainers, #music, #blockparties and more.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Wisconsin #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/milwaukee-pride-parade-2023
Your #unofficial #guide to #PrideMonth 🌈 #events in #cincinnati
From #drag #shows, #dance and #film offerings to the most colorful #parade and #festival in the city, Greater Cincinnati will be glowing with #Pride all month long.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Pride #PrideMonth https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2023/05/25/lgbtq-pride-month-events-cincinnati/70199967007/
#Arkansans for #SocialJustice hopes #petition will reverse ‘#drag #ban’ at #WaltonArtsCenter.
Calls for the #homophobic leaders at the center to step down.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arkansas #Conservatives #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia
#Homophobic #Republican authors hateful #Bill targeting #dragshows, on #military #bases basely targeting the #drag #Performance #ArtForm as somehow appealing to #purientinterests.
Prurient interests refer to a focus or fascination with sexual matters that is excessive or unhealthy.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #MilitaryService #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-05-25/drag-shows-military-bases-10232901.html
Houston's only lesbian bar denied insurance for hosting #drag. “The denial came amid an ongoing push from the Texas GOP to criminalize drag performances in the state.” | Houston Chronicle https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-pearl-bar-drag-texas-18100109.php?utm_campaign=wp_the_daily_202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_daily202
Pink News: GB News slagging off Epsom Derby for hosting drag show ‘misses the point’, says queen https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/26/epsom-derby-drag-queens/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #dragqueen #Inclusive #Features #Culture #gbnews #Sport #Drag #News #UK
Pink News: 39 thoughts I had watching All Stars 8, episode 4: ‘We come to this All Stars for drama’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/26/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-8-episode-4-recap-screen-queens/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #RuPaul'sDragRace #AlexisMichelle #Celebrity #AllStars8 #KandyMuse #DragRace #Culture #rupaul #Jimbo #Drag #TV
Pink News: The North Face used a drag queen for a Pride advert and – you guessed it – bigots are whining https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/26/the-north-face-pride-campaign-pattie-gonia-backlash/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #TheNorthFace #PattieGonia #Business #Pride #Drag #News
"Drag Race" stars and Tokyo-based queens set the stage for a spectacle that aims to put Japan’s drag scene on the global map. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/05/26/stage/opulence-drag/?utm_content=buffer1742f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #stage #lgbtq #drag #rupaul #opulence
Hamburger Mary's is opening June 1st in Dallas just in time for Pride Month.
So, of course, Protect Texas Kids has said they will be protesting (Mary's & the Pride event. . . they're really spreading themselves thin.)
So, obviously, we will be there. I'll post times and addy as we get closer.
#Pride #ProtectTexasKids #Drag
https://dallasgayliberation.substack.com/p/protest-announced-against-hamburger?utm_campaign=post
How #drag as an #artform sashayed from the #underground and strutted into the #mainstream.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #DragKings #Representation #Culture
#WaltonArtsCenter #CEO explains #concerns about #youthfocused #Pride events; claims last year’s events restricted parental access. #NWAEquality disputes.
#Controversy over #YouthZone and #drag #performances for #minors. #Venue change sparks #protests, #resignations. Center cites #safety, #optics. #Critics cite #Governance and #decisionmaking #process.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Arkansas #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
Amanda Bartlett: Memorial for San Francisco legend #Heklina shuts down Castro Street
"It was all at once irreverent, chaotic, memorable and beautiful — just like the shows Heklina put on herself."
#trans #drag #sanfrancisco
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/heklina-memorial-san-francisco-castro-18112563.php
[Video] #Montana becomes first #state to #ban #DragQueen #Storytime.
#Montana’s #governor signed a #bill into #law that #bans #drag #performers from #reading #books to #children at #public #venues, including #libraries and #schools
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Montana #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/montana-becomes-first-state-to-ban-drag-story-hours-176771141863
I wrote about what drag taught me as a straight cis girl growing up and what it's still teaching me in the audience now. "Lessons of a Drag Hag"
(It's me; I'm the hag.)
#drag #dragqueens #lgbtq #lgbtq #dragshows #dragshow
https://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/lessons-of-a-drag-hag/Content?oid=26721087
#SistersofPerpetualIndulgence embrace their #drag #nun #identity amid #Dodgers #drama. It’s a #calling.
Labeled #diabolical and #antiCatholic, #detractors accuse them of #mocking #Catholic #nuns. But they disagree. “We appreciate nuns. We're not mocking; we're doing it our own way for our community."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
Marjorie Taylor Greene's hatred of drag shows is very ironic given who she is dating | indy100
#MarjorieTaylorGreene
#MTG
#Drag
#DragQueen
#MTGsBoyfriend
#DragShowBan
#DragShows
#BrianGlenn
#ATunaChristmas
#Twitter
https://www.indy100.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-boyfriend-drag
Clip of Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend in drag resurfaces amid her ban campaign | indy100
#MajorieTaylorGreene
#MTG
#Drag
#MTGsBoyfriend
#CampaignAgainstDragQueens
https://www.indy100.com/news/brian-glenn-drag-marjorie-greene
If we’re gonna make it illegal for parents to take kids to #drag shows, then by the same logic we should make it illegal for them to take kids to church, since that’s where the abuse happens anyway.
Wanda Sykes has it right! “Until a drag queen walks into a school and beats 8 kids to death with a copy of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird,’ I think you’re focusing on the wrong shit.”
#drag #dragqueens #books #truth
well drag race mexico looks like it will be amazing!
so far i'm rooting for pixie pixie, but also regina voce because i am in love with her cactus hat.
Peter Hartlaub: What San Francisco must learn from the #Dodgers’ Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence disaster
"But as San Francisco confronts an uncertain future, with national voices piling on with critique and scorn, the Sisters can be a roadmap for all of us.
For 44 years, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have promulgated universal joy in our city, in good times and bad. They kept that joy going when they were denounced, and they held no grudges when the San Francisco mainstream was finally ready to embrace their message.
That’s the lesson of the Sisters. Colorfully defy those who want to spread hate. Know that history is on your side. Confront your enemies with a smile. (Fabulous makeup optional.)
And let us shout our joy from the rooftops, until it’s all anyone can hear."
#sistersofperpetualindulgence #drag
https://www.sfchronicle.com/vault/article/s-f-learn-dodgers-sisters-perpetual-18112516.php
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#BLABBERMOUTH
TOOL Frontman Says Wearing Drag Onstage 'Had Nothing To Do With Florida'
When TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan donned a blonde wig, smeared red lipstick and a body-hugging shirt that showed off his fake breasts during the band's performance at the Welcome To Rockville festival on Sunday (May 21) in Daytona Beach, Florida, most people...
https://blabbermouth.net/news/tool-frontman-says-wearing-drag-onstage-had-nothing-to-do-with-florida
#Tool #ToolBand #MaynardKeenan #Drag #DragPerformance #FloridaShow #Onstage #StagePerformance
Pink News: Cardi B wants Drag Race icons Violet Chachki and Gottmik to direct her new music video https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/24/cardi-b-drag-race-violet-chachki-gottmik-music-video/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #violetchachki #Celebrity #DragRace #Culture #Gottmik #cardib #Music #Drag #drag
#ACLU Utah represents St. George #Drag Stars in new lawsuit against the city. How many millions will Michelle "Marjorie Taylor" Tanner cost the city this time?
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/23/southern-utah-drag-group-sues-st/
#StPetersburg #Pride: #IdinaMenzel #headlining Friday #concert ahead of 2023 #parade
This year’s St. Petersburg Pride events include #appearances from other #celebrities, and lots of #drag #performers
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Pride #PrideMonth #Entertainment #Music #Representation #Culture
If the GOP has decided drag & trans folk existing is the wheel they want to break this country on
I’m thinking cis men need to start wearing sparkly eyeshadow
One shade is about .99 at CVS
Simple, straightforward, & in this case, truly, they can’t arrest you all #shadowprotest #shadowban #drag #transrights #ally
"Baby, you are not on my level. If I'm around, all you see is a shadow. All you are is afraid."
--Sasha Colby
#Drag #Trans #LGBTQIA #legend #Queer #Queen #DragQueen #SashaColby
From the Department of Good News for Queers (a very small department these days), "Drag Laureates" are now a thing! Thank you, #SanFrancisco. 👠
#Drag #Trans #LGBTQ #California
This is bad and is a reminder of the vastly underappreciated power of the insurance industry to enforce social norms through the psuedo-objective language of "risk"
Houston's only lesbian bar, Pearl Bar, was denied insurance for hosting drag shows because drag is considered to be a "risk factor." @Chron via @TexasObserver
#drag #lgbtq #insurance #uspol
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-pearl-bar-drag-texas-18100109.php
Drag is always joyful and artistic.
This is excellent.
Full video here: https://youtu.be/tCuIxIJBfCY #USA #Guns #Regulation #GunControl #Drag
In Zürich geht es heute ab. Es gibt eine Kinderveranstaltung wo 10 jährige Kinder von Drag Queens sexualisiert werden 🙄 (man fragt sich wer auf so eine Idee kommt?).
Das ganze ist freiwillig, wird aber vom Staat subventioniert.
Rechte Kreise haben das nun herausgefunden und wollen heute unbewilligt dagegen Demonstrieren…
Der Wahlkampf in der 🇨🇭 hat nun definitiv gestartet.
My shoulder is still sore, but was well enough to get out to #EvolutionWonderlounge to see #LadyCamden!
#Drag #DragRace #yeg #yegDT #Edmonton #DragIsNotACrime #DragIsntDangerous #DragIsGood
What’s the tea, #MuffyVanderbiltIII?
I hear you’re on #CampWannakiki on #OUTtv / #FROOTtv next month! https://www.outtv.com/details/TV_SHOW/collection/6310988565112/camp-wannakiki
• https://campwannakiki.square.site/product/muffy-vanderbilt-iii-enamel-camper-mug/131
• https://campwannakiki.square.site/product/muffy-vanderbilt-iii-t-shirt/123
#TeamMuffy #CampDrag #DragRace #drag #DragQueen #DragArtist #RealityTV #LGBTQ+ #merch
#Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis’ #dangerously #broad #drag #show #crackdown is a #threat to #StPetersburg #Pride #event, among other problems.
will be going live in 90 (4PM bst) to talk DEATH DROP: DRAG ASSASSIN with writer david hazan over on the keep it geekly youtube;
https://t.co/l5z0zfGBKO
(was up at 1:30am to record a show with the comic book yeti team so may be sLiGhTlY LoOpY)
#comics #comicscommunity #queercomics #podcast #lgbtqcomics #drag #dragqueen #noir #MastoArt #CreativeToots
Houston's only lesbian bar, Pearl Bar, was denied insurance for hosting drag shows because drag is considered to be a "risk factor."
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-pearl-bar-drag-texas-18100109.php
Well-founded concern. My #Democratic #TX #state rep voted yes to an #AntiTrans #bill, which passed.
Maybe why they are sending a proxy to our #Drag #brunch #fundraiser ...
... won't work, though, as they're the featured speaker at our next local Dem group meeting (jointly with a neighboring Dem group and there is a strong #LGBTQIA+ presence).
Unfortunately, I'm in a role where I can't bitch about them by name. There were multiple Dems who voted yes on this bill ....
ICYMI ... last night the Austin Library Commission adopted a recommendation opposing legislation (like Texas SB 1601) that tries to ban drag events at municipal libraries.
https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=407518
I chaired the working group that drafted the recommendation. I'm really proud of our work.
#Texas #DragQueen challenges #drag ban bill in dress bearing names of #MassShooting victims: https://apple.news/AfvXvL-GKTT6gFRX766ZJiw
#TX #TXlege #TXSB12 #SB12 #DragQueens #DragArtist #DragArtists #DragIsNotACrime https://press.coop/@PinkNews/110366889131830189
#Louisiana restaurant owner forced to close down business after #drag #brunch
she wanted her restaurant to have an inviting feeling including strong equality.
“I have all walks of life come through that door,” said Early.
her landlord shut the air conditioner off right before the show started, and eventually received a message from the owners of the building mentioned to shut down her restaurant.
https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/louisiana-restaurant-owner-forced-to-close-down-business-after-drag-brunch/Donate to the GoFundMe to reopen this this restaurant
https://gofund.me/fc2833d8
#drag #dragQueen #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt
Doing Drag in Second Life: Pal’z Premier Drag Club, the Anatomy Mesh Body, and SeraPRIDE’s Ultimate Drag SuperStar Contest! https://ryanschultz.com/2023/05/13/doing-drag-in-second-life-palz-premier-drag-club-the-anatomy-mesh-body-and-seraprides-ultimate-drag-superstar-contest/ #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds #metaverse #Drag
Mein letzter Countdown-Tröt für heute 😉
⏳ Noch 3 Stunden! 🕘
Außer Konkurrenz gab es während der Abstimmzeit vom zweiten Halbfinale ein beeindruckendes #Drag-Medley. Ob sich das Finale ähnlich divers präsentieren wird?
:queer: 🥳 :queer: #BeWhoYouWannaBe :queer: 🥳 :queer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bGOf_MOeOU
#UnitedByMusic #FreeYourself #FreeYourMind #YouAreFree #WeGotLove #queer
#Lesbian #bar in #Texas denied #insurance for hosting #dragshows, #owner says
"I cried about this for about a week,” said #JulieMabry, the owner of #Houston's #PearlBar, one of only two #lesbian #bars in #Texas.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #Texas #Entertainment #NightLife #Drag #DragQueens #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
TX Republican Bryan Slaton who libeled #LGBTQ+ folks as "groomers" and led charge against #drag shows was boozing up and screwing his teenage intern.
Boil in oil, dude. #politics #GOP https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-republican-resigns-alleged-sexual-relationship-teen-1234731403/
the Drag Isn't Dangrous Telethon is live. Raising funds to support our queerfam in states that are trying to make their lives illegal.
#DragIsntDangerous #drag #queer #lgbt #DragRace
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/drag-isnt-dangerous
LiveStream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWE_AcMm2Y
#DragLesung: Verbotsforderung in München
Die Brandmauer nach rechts ist längst voller Drehtüren.
Wo offen ein staatliches Verbot queerer Sichtbarkeit und Meinungsfreiheit gefordert wird, haben wir es mit protofaschistischer Politik zu tun. Die CSU fordert diese, die SPD nickt dazu.
Das Sichtbarkeitsverbot unter dem Vorwand des Kinderschutzes war immer nur der erfolgreiche erste Schritt. Es ist nirgends dabei geblieben. Das Ziel war überall die weitergehende Kriminalisierung queeren Lebens. Es läuft überall letztlich auf eine Politik der Auslöschung hinaus.
Wir sehen es in den USA, in Russland, in Uganda, in vielen anderen Staaten.
Und ich wette jetzt schon, kaum ein Journalisty wird diese Sache in ihrer ganzen antidemokratischen Bedrohlichkeit in den größeren Kontext einordnen.
BTW, there's two hours worth of the show available here on YouTube:
#GratefulDead #drag #LGBTQIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtLYFUA28hY&ab_channel=deeslounge615
Rolling Stone ran a story on the #GratefulDead drag cover band, "Bertha"! There's a fine photo gallery in there, too. #drag #LGBTQIA https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/grateful-dead-tribute-drag-nashville-bertha-1234729667/
”Everything might be bigger in #Texas, but it seems that also applies to hate and bigotry.”
In this new editorial, civil rights attorney Louis Bedford reflects on the 52 bills—and counting—in the legislature designed to eradicate #trans or #LGBTQIA+ people from public life: https://www.texasobserver.org/transgender-lgbtq-civil-rights-bigot/
#TXlege #transgender #transphobia #CivilRights #HumanRights #politics #USpol #healthcare #drag #law
Trixie Mattel for president.
(Please and thank you.)
#gender #lgbtq #drag #trixieMattel #humanRights #transRightsAreHumanRights #christofascists
I can't remember who mentioned #Nazi #uniforms a few days ago but it seems they are dressing like a dollar store #Kraftwerk tribute lineup in their little red sweatshirts with badly scribbled runes on the front, black pants and knitted balaclavas.
#HugoBoss is weeping in his grave and many German electronic music bands are going to have to rethink their image.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaUteR-_xJw
#Politics #Nazis #Swastikas #Ohio #Trans #Hate #Drag #Envy #RachelMaddow #MSNBC #WashingtonState #Closet
Supporting #ZooeyZephyr is way to reject misogyny and patriarchy, two types of hateful bigotry behind efforts to demonize and harm #trans people, as well as #drag and all #women.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodonforzooeyandmissouladems 4/
Further evidence that the moral panic over #drag, #trans visibility, and #lgbtq rights more broadly, including all the "gr**mer" discourse, is flat out projection by people who hate themselves so much they're willing to hurt everyone else to make it go away.
FYI, #TakomaPark is the neighborhood next to mine, and it's known as a kind of bougie hippie haven.
some Very Cool People have been saying some Very Cool Things about our drag queen crime noir DEATH DROP:DRAG ASSASSIN- FOC for issue #1 is creeping up so be sure to get your preorders in to avoid sashaying away from the comic stores empty handed this june!
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/APR231794
Massive thank you to the incredible David Booher for the super kind words 🙌
#drag #dragqueen #comics #queercomics #MastoArt #CreativeToots #LGBTQ #comicscommunity
Pink News: Lizzo defies Tennessee drag ban with help from iconic Drag Race alumni: ‘Why would I not come to the people who need to hear this message the most?’ https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/23/lizzo-tour-tennessee-ban-drag-race-queens/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #RuPaul'sDragRace #anti-dragbill #Celebrity #KandyMuse #Tennessee #Aquaria #Music #lizzo #Drag #News
Vale Barry Humphries
In a time when drag artists are being falsely accused of grooming and pedophilia, persecuted and losing rights, it is even more sorrowful to farewell a pioneer in the field of general and commercial entertainment.
Dame Edna Everage - megastar housewife from Moonee Ponds - was a regular fixture on Australian TV screens as well as the stage for literal decades. Humphries brought gentle satire, biting wit, and on point commentary to a nationwide audience, a groundbreaking presence that paved the way for others over time. While not queer himself, his work has softened access to opportunities for queer performers both in the antipodes and overseas. This was thanks in no small part to her oft-mentioned son Kenny, as her work often referred his wildly successful interior design business as well as life-long "friend".
A supportive, intelligent and incredibly hard working light has gone out in my personal firmament. Thank you for all your hard work Mr Humphries - I guess you are now burning a purple wig and gladioli in your personal fireplace.
#grief #RIP #sorrow #BarryHumphries #DameEdnaEverage #vale #drag #PublicFigure #australia
#AList #Stars Sign On For ‘#DragIsntDangerous’ #Telethon
#Hollywood isn’t having it with the #RepublicanParty's #drag #bans
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Drag #Representation #Culture