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I Kinda Like Drag Queens

So as you may know two of us write this blog. We almost always agree—in fact we often collaborate—but sometimes we don’t agree and one of us wants to counter what the other has said. 

Here’s the deal. I like drag queens. Like a lot. If I ever get married I want my bachelorette party to feature drag queens and a psychic. That is the only dream I have ever articulated regarding my potentially-future-maybe-totally-fictional-wedding.

The only reasons I added “Kinda” to the title are because a) I have a softer ‘voice’ than my co-blogger and because b) I haven’t spent nearly enough time reflecting on arguments for/against and/or implications etc etc.

Here’s where I’m coming from. She’s straight as shit. Or…. (is there a better way to say that) just, like, really, completely straight. I on the other hand am not. And in addition to being slightly left of straight on the spectrum, I’ve also had a lot of evangelicalism-related shitty stuff happen to me with regard to sexuality.

So when I see a drag queen I love them, because if nothing else the expression of non-traditional sexuality (not even just the expression but the celebration) in an environment that’s comfortable and accepting (for the most part) is really exciting to me. 

I watch how a drag queen moves and I feel envious, not offended. I want to learn to move like she does and I want to download the song she’s grinding to so I can listen to it in my car and feel empowered.

My only real personal exposure to drag queens as persons is via RuPaul’s Drag Race, a show I love the shit out of. To be completely honest, I’d argue that this is partially because of what I’ve expressed before, partially because it’s good TV, and partially because sometimes I laugh at them. Which is sort of precisely the criticism levied against them in the previous post, right?

I guess to me they don’t seem like such a big deal. I appreciate them aesthetically, I like what they represent to me, and I understand why another person might not like them. I just think the issue is a bit more ambiguous than previously described.