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Title: What Would You Do? Drag Queens Harassed in a Cafe
Post by: Shana A on December 17, 2010, 10:53:12 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 17, 2010, 10:53:12 PM
What Would You Do? Drag Queens Harassed in a Cafe
Hidden Cameras Capture Bystanders' Reaction as Actors in Drag Are Ridiculed
By ANDREW SULLIVAN
Dec. 9, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/drag-queens-harassed-cafe/story?id=12332984 (http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/drag-queens-harassed-cafe/story?id=12332984)
"The drag queens are wonderful: The make-up, the hair. They're amazing," says one audience member.
But not everyone is so enthusiastic about men who dress as women. Drag queens Jesse Volt and Mimi Imfurst have been performing as women for years, and while they love their adoring audiences, they also know the dark side of drag. On their way to shows, they say they are often the victims of ridicule and hatred from people on the street.
Hidden Cameras Capture Bystanders' Reaction as Actors in Drag Are Ridiculed
By ANDREW SULLIVAN
Dec. 9, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/drag-queens-harassed-cafe/story?id=12332984 (http://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/drag-queens-harassed-cafe/story?id=12332984)
"The drag queens are wonderful: The make-up, the hair. They're amazing," says one audience member.
But not everyone is so enthusiastic about men who dress as women. Drag queens Jesse Volt and Mimi Imfurst have been performing as women for years, and while they love their adoring audiences, they also know the dark side of drag. On their way to shows, they say they are often the victims of ridicule and hatred from people on the street.