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how not to do inclusiveness

What Passes for Inclusiveness

We have a little gay magazine here called “In” – as in “inclusive,” I presume.

It sure pretends to be.

Have a look at their cover picture.  See if you can spot the realistic representative of our community…

Actually, there are two trans people in this photo; there’s also an FTM transsexual.

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Radioactive Drag Queens from the Year 3000

I laughed; I cried.  It was entertaining; it was touching; but it was misguided. Such a drag!

We have an amateur festival of plays here aptly called the Fringe Festival – performances that are often off the wall, sometimes brilliant, sometimes awful, but always under and hour and cheap.

The title of this post is the title of the performance I took in tonight.  Apparently, by the year 3000, drag queens will be the most respected people in society.

There were plenty of laughs and some heartfelt performances in this story about an aging wanna-be drag queen waitress in a drag bar, whose performance of a lifetime ends up being a celebration of her drab self.

“It takes a lot of courage to put on a dress; it takes even more courage to be yourself.”

Hmmm…  there’s a mouthful…

…but so disappointing…

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