As a fellow gay, the queer community in the United States is being ambushed. Countrywide, there are restrictions and regulations being put in place demanding schools neglect the education of LGBTQ+ identities. Trans kids struggle with having teachers and coaches mandate what sports team seems suitable for them to play on or not. Particularly, spaces that incorporate kid-oriented pride events including drag queens, and other queer bodies drastically have to deal with tragic encounters and assaults.
Drag queens shined when in 2009 the show RuPaul DragRace aired and immediately was a hit sensation and gave notice to a lot of talent that was not celebrated. I actually just started watching the show not too long ago and I am hooked! I’m also friends with a good amount of drag queens and they are the best, however, extreme conservatives threaten at aimed events that preach about creativity and inclusion. The queens are looked at by these extremists in such a way that legislation needed to be put in place to prohibit young teens from attending such fun and innocent shows.
The authoritarianism enforces keeping the status quo instead of considering the artistic side of drag and their performances bringing to life people's imaginations and creativities, it is a supposed “war on imagination.” In 2015, Drag Queen Story Hour was birthed and provided opportunities for drag queens to read to children expressing that they can become anyone they want to be promoting imagination, play, self-expression, and improvisation that is developed in early childhood. From the drag queen herself, Miss Hot Mess supports that these ideas of creativity and stepping outside of their comfort zone offer a platform for these voices to be heard and echoed.
I am always a person that likes a challenge and oh boy life is constantly challenging me, however, there seems to be a part of me that enjoys breaking the walls that are formed of what is socially acceptable and correct. That’s exactly what drag does! It is a vehicle that bulldozers over the challenging structures of power to dictate the lives of individuals and the material conditions and normalize identities that extend past sex and gender norms. Schools that provide knowledge about LGBTQ+ education, improve student engagement, and connection, and reduce feelings of alienation.
Drag presents a world outside of what we know just like their performances. We step into a whole new world that doesn't even seem like it could exist as this gives a wide horizon for children to learn about themselves and their modes of relating to others. Drag just gives the world the sparkle it misses and if the world could take a piece of advice people would be driven by pleasure, feeling good, enjoyment, and taking care of people and making sure people's needs are met because everyone should feel included and be an additive to life, not a substitute.
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