WWSB ABC 7 - Sarasota, Florida - Drag Queen Bingo facing permit problems
A bingo event to benefit the Community AIDS Network at the Canvas Cafe in Towles Court Sarasota, Florida.
Neighbors have complained about excessive noise and one man complained that the queens were using "offensive and sexually explicit language over a loud speaker"
Never!
My take on being a drag queen.
I started with very little. Only the desire to be on stage.
It started in Chester, England. I knew, or thought I did, I was going to be Barbra Streisand. I borrowed a brown polyester dress and a blond page wig from a friend. I had no makeup so used watercolors to paint my eyes. I chose the song, Love is a Bore. I thought I was the monkey's uncle. They liked what I did but the question from many was, "who was are you supposed to be." From that day forward I felt that the only way to impersonate was to be somebody. And Streisand, I wasn't! :(
Am I a transvestite because I do drag. Maybe. I see it as theatre. Don't know what it is nowadays, but we have to tag sexuality to everything.
I have an infinity for drag queens. We all do it for different reasons. And no matter how much we are criticized or put down, we go on.
Drag has taken a turn over the years. It's no longer interesting to see a queen lip-synch to a song. It's more important to sing live. I give credit to those that can sing. I cannot.
I have seen the most fabulous queens sing live. Jim Bailey being one of them. What a Judy! Yet. I have seen many who would be better off lip-syncing. And even then they haven't much to offer but gorgeous gowns and wonderful hair. Talent goes far beyond how much you paid for a gown or how much you spent on make up and jewelry.
To be continued......
