“We were really embraced as we walked down the street, which was somewhat of a surprise to me,” beamed Amber, née Stuart Carey, after the stroll. “I wasn’t sure that we would be received so positively. But people wanted to have their picture taken with us, they wanted to talk to us, and they wanted to find out more about us. They took an interest in us and who we are in the most wonderful way. It was a very moving experience, and it made me realize that we have come a long way.”
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Santa Barbara Drag Artists Step Out of the Shadows
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DonnaT
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Virginia
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Thanks Donna,
Well I learned one thing that Drag Queens can fall into at least two categories: Performers and Actors, the can be one or the other or I guess both. I wonder if they don't pantomime there music if that makes them an artist?
Anyway thanks for the article and it is just further education to "the great unwashed!"
Love ya,
Virginia
Well I learned one thing that Drag Queens can fall into at least two categories: Performers and Actors, the can be one or the other or I guess both. I wonder if they don't pantomime there music if that makes them an artist?
Anyway thanks for the article and it is just further education to "the great unwashed!"
Love ya,
Virginia
First star to the right, then straight on 'till mornin!
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ChristineK
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I would love to experience that!!! I am scared to death to step out of the house currently.
To explain I only came out of the closet a few weeks ago. So the open expression is still so new.
To walk out into the world as the woman I am supposed to be would be like winning the lottery if I was accepted.
I fear the ridicule as race is still a problem here let alone homophobia.
To explain I only came out of the closet a few weeks ago. So the open expression is still so new.
To walk out into the world as the woman I am supposed to be would be like winning the lottery if I was accepted.
I fear the ridicule as race is still a problem here let alone homophobia.
I have been out for over a year already WOW!
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Thanks for the fun article, Donna. People have always seemed to accept that I perform as a woman. They may think it's strange, but they can understand the motivation to be on a stage, doing an act.
It's when I'm down at Safeway, pushing my shopping cart and looking like any other middle-aged woman, that they don't understand my motivation. What am I getting out of just blending into day-to-day activities as a woman?
Anyway, glad these gals got a good reception. It's true that drag is its own world--the show that I performed in was at midnight Tuesdays. They had huge crowds (300-400?) but it wasn't going to be a mainstream crowd at all--not at that hour. But each year the DQs from this show take it to Reno for a weekend, in two big buses. They travel in the daytime, there's alcohol on board the bus, and they definitely make an impression at say, the MacDonald's in Auburn, CA, along I 80. I never did the tour with them--that much alcohol and drag queen testosterone wasn't a combination I wanted to experience.
It's when I'm down at Safeway, pushing my shopping cart and looking like any other middle-aged woman, that they don't understand my motivation. What am I getting out of just blending into day-to-day activities as a woman?
Anyway, glad these gals got a good reception. It's true that drag is its own world--the show that I performed in was at midnight Tuesdays. They had huge crowds (300-400?) but it wasn't going to be a mainstream crowd at all--not at that hour. But each year the DQs from this show take it to Reno for a weekend, in two big buses. They travel in the daytime, there's alcohol on board the bus, and they definitely make an impression at say, the MacDonald's in Auburn, CA, along I 80. I never did the tour with them--that much alcohol and drag queen testosterone wasn't a combination I wanted to experience.
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Santa Barber SOHO sounds a lot like a Festival we used to have in Houston, TX. Those that have lived in Houston, Tx should remember the "Westimer Arts Festival". It was held on "Montrose Street", which is in the heart of the Gay Community of Houston. All of the DQ's would show up for the weekend festival. Gays, Striaghts, CD's, TS's, DQ's all mingling all up and down the 4 block area. It was so popular that they used to block off the 4 block area and allow people to mingle in the street.