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The insights and life experiences of these girls is worth noting.
The LA Times recently caught up with Gottmik and Symone, now vying for the “Drag Race” title... we can all learn from their experiences and unique insight into drag.
Some of the questions: How has drag helped you grow? - What makes your drag representative of the L.A. scene? - Why is activism an important facet of your drag? -
A few quotes: "It’s been such a magical, crazy ride — I just love it." - "I think my drag is something that’s never been seen before, and I think it’s needed now." - "I’m proud to be telling my story and showing people that gender is a spectrum and you can do whatever makes you happy because that’s all that’s important."
You do not need to be into drag to enjoy this story.
Article is from Sunday's April 18, 2021 LA Times
Regards to all!
Dee
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I have never been a fan......
Of either drag, RuPaul, or the show.
I understand how there are people who feel other than me, and I don’t begrudge anyone who is into drag their opportunities, but I do feel that unfortunately drag queens are the standard that many people use to judge those of us who are transgender. Drag is a parody of womanhood, and most drag artists are flamboyantly over the top in their presentations, and quite often in their every day lives.
That is not the standard against which I want to be judged. As a transgender woman, I prefer to be judged against other women; I prefer to blend in - not to stand out like a Drag Queen. Others obviously feel differently, and I defend their right to do so - I just don’t agree.
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
"the standard that many people use to judge"
When people are "judging" they would be wise to remember:
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
A very nice sentiment.......
But unfortunately, many members of the so-called Christian Right seem to forget that. There are too many who fail to either read or understand many of the teachings and only use those portions which support their limited and bigoted viewpoints.
How many times have you seen Leviticus 18:22 used against the LGBT community? Yet they ignore the fact that Leviticus promotes slavery, the fact that it says tattoos are a sin, the fact that although it outlaws many things, it does not outlaw a man having sexual relations with his own daughter.
And let’s not forget that if a woman is having her period she is to be “set apart” for seven days because she is unclean.
It’s funny how so many of the so-called Christians pick and choose what is the true word of God. The scary part is that like most medieval religions, it is all about men dominating women - yet there are still plenty of women that go right along with it.
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
I share this sentiment
While it is not my responsibility nor the DQ community's responsibility to correct people's ignorance, like it or not DQs attract the most attention for their art form and thus people's perceptions of trans folks.
I do not think they do enough to truly explain who and what they are, that they are literally just artists doing an interpretation of women and have no true identification with them.
In contrast my life is so boring to the extreme.
I will admit when I first started out I was amazed at the abilities of those artists to impersonate women but it did not take long for me to lose my awe of them after transitioning.
I, unlike them, can hardly just wipe away my persona with a jar of makeup remover, can I? And while it truly takes serious skills to do what they do, it is that very skill that causes confusion in the non-trans world, ultimately hurting trans folks.
It's unfortunate
It's unfortunate that the story is behind a paywall. Looks like an interesting one.
Edit. My bad. It just did not want me to connect anonymously.
Your friend
Crash
about paywalls
For those interested:
As a work around, I have found the final version of IE runs on Win 10, and will bypass many paywalls, since it is too old to have the needed functions to make them work.
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I didn't have a paywall problem using Chrome.