Another Pride parade in New York City has come and gone, the 20th to be exact since I came out. For 20 years I’ve always had an on-again-off-again relationship with that bitch; he upsets me and we scream at each other and I swear to never see him again until I do, my hopes back…
Category: Musings on Queer Culture
What Roy Moore, Eminem, & Queen Bey Can Tell Us About the “Last Acceptable Prejudice”
It has now been a year since Donald Trump became President. While I am still much more concerned for my friends and students of color under this regime, as a gay man it’s been almost two decades since I’ve felt so threatened. As a white cis gay man, after Pulse, when Trump tried to scare…
Lady Bunny Says to Cancel Pride This Year! & The Myth of the Monolithic Gay Rights Movement
Last Thursday Lady Bunny’s Facebook post made the rounds of my feed, mainly from my gay artist and performer friends. Most seemed to repost it as an affirmation of her views. I think that this happened because, as a subculture, we are not actually aware of our own history. I find the post highly problematic…
On National Coming Out Day, My Thoughts on the Pulse Shooting
I’m not completely sure why I am writing about this or why it has taken so long to write about this. I know I have decided to post it today because it’s National Coming Out Day. At first I couldn’t write about it, and I didn’t want to, not only because of the sadness that…
Gender Imitation and Insubordination on Display in NYC Nightlife
There’s an insightful article in Vice today, which illustrates how Butler’s ideas regarding gender imitation and insubordination (which I use to defend bioqueens) are being played out in NYC nightlife today; these are performers both inspired by, and in defiance of, the traditional drag our subculture has become known for and from which Rupaul’s Drag Factory…
In Defense of Lady Queens
The first lady queen(aka bio queen, faux queen, female drag queen) I met and watched perform a few years ago was Crimson Kitty. As I watched her lip sync an act inspired by the Twilight Zone’s Talking Tina episode, I found myself highly entertained (it’s a clever act) but also confused. As a gay man who came…
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