Meet Lady Simon, Brooklyn Drag Artist And Performer

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/04/lady-simon-drag_n_4525012.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices
James Nichols; Huffington Post

This is the tenth installment in an ongoing series that explores drag culture and the nightlife scene in Brooklyn, N.Y.

How would you characterize the kind of drag that you do?
How would you characterize the kind of drag that you do?
Female impersonation is not really my goal; chic androgyny, insane performances and all around gender f

• ckery is what I'm after. Basically, if you call me a drag queen, I'll take it, but I'm actually trying to figure out a snappy new term for what I do.
  
  What does it mean to you to be a drag artist? How do you experience or understand this identity?
  Simply put, to me it means freedom. [. . .] It means I can do and be and say and feel and experience whatever the hell I want. [. . .] Especially with someone like me because I'm not playing a character I invented -- its all just me on and off stage.