"...drag king performers in Houston frequently go unpaid for performances, with some local bars and restaurants unwilling to compensate them. Other bars decline to host drag king performances altogether, instead only hosting drag queens, Mii says, contributing to a lack of representation and recognition that drag kings have been fighting for over a decade to earn."
https://houston.eater.com/24319809/houston-drag-kings-queer-bars-spotlight
Great Code Switch podcast on this: https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/1197958229/return-of-drag-king-queer-elder-el-dana
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David Zappelli
@bicmay I'm not sure if I know of any Drag Kings here on Mastodon yet. Most of them are still elsewhere. What's the deal with that?
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