I've volunteered at Pride a few times, been to more, and honestly I tell people if they're in those events and are in danger (like someone is following them or they feel scared after an incident) to look for drag queens and go straight towards them.
I have personally witnessed how militant they can be when it comes to protecting weaker folk, and some of them are RIPPED!! I don't really know exactly what the reasoning behind it is, though in my experience they'll keep you safe.It's even better when they stay in character as well, "bye, baby we don't need that here".
Few things have brought me more joy than watching a 6'3 empress carry a shitbag out by their belt with one hand, and tossing them to the sidewalk and calling out 'If this fine young man has any friends, you better come get him before I gotta pass my wig to someone.'
“Calm down puddin’, ain’t nobody tryin’ to eat your pie…. -SMACK-”
Drag Queens are the enforcers of the community
If they weren't confident in defending themselves they wouldn't be confident enough to wear the uniform.
Matthew Shepard shoulda stayed strapped
I love this and resonate with this far too much.
But quick question, what's the screeching cat symbol and where do I learn more? My Google Fu is lacking and the closest I see is union representation?
It means this post is a tankie plant to encourage oppressed demographics to sabotage western democracies. This post in particular is fairly benign, but it's absolutely a rabbit hole leading to violent preemptive action.
My insane conspiracy theories aside, a better group to organize with would be Blahaj Zone because at least they can openly denounce Xi Jinping.
what about the drag kings ? ?
Masc dressed Tilde Swinton is my sovereign king:
beats dying over a conservative that doesnt understand basic economic theory and doesn't believe in a thing called "reality" because they subscribe to an alternate version of reality that quite literally doesnt exist.
wtf is a drag queen?
Is this a bit or do you really not know what drag is?
A drag queen is (usually) a man who dresses in an exaggerated female style for performances, and often have an over the top or pun stage name (ex: Divine, Kim Chi).
the words honestly are confusing. i can admit that. out of context "drag queen" would mean nothing to me either.
as i understand it, a drag queen is someone (usually a man?) who dresses up in flamboyant clothing of the opposite gender and takes on a character, like a stage identity, and everyone's stage identity is individual to themselves. from what I've seen, the stories behind a stage identity are often as interesting as the costumes themselves, which can be very intricate and eye catching.
drag queen competitions can feature singing, dancing, showmanship, acrobatics, comedy, and are a good time, check one out if you get a chance.
i like how it's always the fairly innocuous questions that gets shit. That's my favorite part of the internet. We have so much respect for people, except for the ones we don't like, and even less for the ones who we think might be doing a little bit of trolling.
The internet wouldn't be the internet otherwise.
