God damn I love drag queens. Summer Salt, Charisma Belle, Tora Hymen – bloody hell I’ll have a chat to Roma Therapy if she’ll let me. They are the 6-foot sequined cherries on top of the cake that is gay culture. Which is why I find it so unfortunate that not everyone feels that way, in particular younger gay males.
I first noticed ‘dragophobia’ when an ex-boyfriend decided to give me a lecture on how drag somehow makes fun of transgendered people. To this I said, “You sir are an idiot”.
It’s quite displeasing when prissy boys get upset because the music gets turned off for four minutes for a quick drag show. If all you want is non-stop ‘doof-doof’ go home and listen to your iPod. These girls not only put on a show, but put the time and effort into preparing costumes, dance numbers, remixes and sexy boys, all for your viewing pleasure.
If you ask me, some of you need a history lesson, post-haste.
Drag has been around for centuries, from the first caveman who decided to wear mink instead of sabertooth (citation needed), to the girly-boys in Shakespeare’s plays, all the way up to Stonewall present day!
Drag has quite seriously become one of the most integral parts of our community, always at the forefront of a rally or screaming the loudest for equality. A man in a dress to me is a sign of power and liberation, saying
“I’m fierce, I’m faboosh! So don’t mess with me or my queers”, something most of us should feel more often.
As colourful as a toucan and twice as loud. I see drag queens as a proud, courageous and strong symbol of what it is to be LGBTI. To be different and to put your best heel first and stride with pride.
By JESSE MATHESON
Unfortunately it is now a parody of itself.
Drag is not a talent. It is not entertainment.
Never has been, never will be.
Get off the stage and give people with talent a chance.
Tom seems to suffer from a deplorable lack of sense of humor… such a shame…
drag is parody… it is all in good fun and it is meant to be funny… we’ll leave hardcore activisim to those without a funnybone like Tom… to your “Get competant, get serious, get equality”… i say get a life, get ya frock on and have a laugh!
Drag is not a talent.
For a community which prides itself on being sooo talented, lip synching drag queens are the only form of entertainment on offer in our venues.
There are no bands, singers, dancers, stand up comics or anything else. If I want to see a gay person perform, without having to wear a frock, then I need to go to a straight venue.
Drag may have been useful at one time in history but now it’s just a form of ridicule.
It is just so bad for the gay community.
Q. Why would the media want to use drag queens in a photo for a story on same sex marraige?
A. To make our community look ridiculous.
Thousands of people at the rallies across the country, yet they manage to snap two self centred drag queens.
Do us a favor, lose the girl names, lose the drag, lose the bullshit.
Get competant, get serious, get equality.
Drag Queens used to be a symbol of strength in our community – look at how they lead the Stonewall riots.
Unfortunately drag queens have lost this important role as community activists and most do not show any leadership at all. Why are drag queens not mobilising the troops to lobby for anti-discrimination laws and equal marriage rights?
If I see a drag queen taking a stand on social issues, I will respect them. Until then they have no relevance in my life.