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Trixie Mattel: Drag bans are the real threat, not drag programs


Trixie Mattel: Drag bans are the real threat, not drag programs

By Trudy Ring for CNN


TENNESSEE (Advocate Channel) - - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars winner Trixie Mattel speaks out against drag restrictions in a brand-new YouTube video.

In the video, released Monday, Mattel (out of drag, Brian Michael Firkus), enters into drag and denounces the limitations just recently adopted in Tennessee and proposed in other places.

" None of this ought to be about whether or not drag is something everybody should like," Mattel says. "It should not be about whether or not drag is something everybody even accepts.

" Right now in Tennessee, I can get a weapon and carry it around in public, however I can't place on a fu-- ing wig," the queen continues. "On my second offense of doing drag in Tennessee, I might become a felon. A felon! As a white, rich drag queen, that terrifies me. How do you believe that individuals of color and trans women, and trans ladies and individuals of color who do drag feel? They might not get a second opportunity due to the fact that authorities do not treat those people the very same."

Drag efficiencies could not take location on public property or in venues accessible to minors. The expense passed in Tennessee is one of at least 35 anti-drag efficiency costs introduced in state legislatures this year.

There are many kinds of drag, Mattel explains. "To state all drag is bad for kids is to say all films is bad for kids, all music is bad for kids," she says. She notes that "drag queens are not outlining" against anybody, as if they're sitting around a Risk video game board and preparation world supremacy. Mattel's own act is for grownups, she states: "You could not pay me sufficient to go to a library and check out to children."

" People imitate drag queens march into their living-room and force children to enjoy lip-synching," Mattel goes on. "That is not happening. You'll never ever mistakenly walk into a drag show. I go to gay bars and I never unintentionally see drag shows."

The law can potentially be imposed versus anybody with nontraditional gender presentation, the queen includes. It can likewise threaten the liquor licenses of gay bars, which may ask gender-nonconforming or trans people to leave to prevent getting the bar in problem, she says.

Mattel nearby encouraging audiences to discuss the problem and support their local drag entertainers. She likewise discusses the "Drag Isn't Dangerous" fundraising occasion, which will be livestreamed May 7 at 4 p.m. Pacific. It will feature live and recorded performances and raise cash for LGBTQ+ causes and out-of-work drag queens and trans individuals.

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