San Francisco is naming the nation's first drag laureate to represent the city's famous LGBTQ+ community at a time when rights are under attack.
Anti-trans legislation is roiling the nation. Bills prohibiting drag performances are cropping up in statehouses. Violence and vitriol are turning children's drag story hour events into headline-news protests.
"My goals are to make San Francisco sparkle. I think drag performers bring a lot of sparkle and humor and glamor and silliness to the world. I think that is part of why drag is so successful," Drollinger said, adding that she expects to be in drag for the entirety of her role."I'm going to be in drag pretty much 24/7 for the next 18 months.""There's a lot of power for the drag community in San Francisco," she said.
The city's mayor called Drollinger a"bright star in San Francisco" for her advocacy and elevation of the city's drag community. "I know that there are a lot of anti-drag folks out there, and they are very loud, right? But I also don't want to live my life under the shadow of fear. I don't want to have intimidation stop me from growing," she said."So, yes, I am a little nervous. But I got a lot of fabulous people and fabulousness behind me."
The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking 474 anti-LGBTQ+ pieces of legislation in the U.S., including Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law that essentially bans drag from public property or in the presence of minors. A federal judge temporarily blocked the measure hours before it was set to go into effect in late March.
New York City Councilmember Kristin Richardson Johnson plans to keep pushing for a drag laureate in her city if the position doesn't win support this year. Jack McClatchy, the elected official's legislative and budget director, couldn't give a specific reason for why the effort has stalled, only noting that it's one of more than 1,000 bills before the council.
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