This is what it's like taking two 5-year-olds to a drag queen convention.
Jennifer Chen with her child, Clark, who is nonbinary and transgender. Her family recently attended RuPaul's DragCon together.When I talked to my twins about going to RuPaul’s DragCon, Chloe asked, “What’s a drag queen?” I thought about it for a moment. “Someone who dresses up on the outside like how they feel on the inside. Usually, with sparkles.”While most drag queens are not transgender, some are.
The atmosphere inside the convention was so joyous, I almost forgot that the world outside can be so hostile for trans people.I spent my first day at DragCon sans kids to scope out the scene, and frankly, to see if there was anything I needed to steer them away from. When I entered the convention, it was like I stepped into"Drag Race." I walked on a long pink carpet, surrounded by rows of booths selling glittery boas, rainbow fringe coats and long-lasting makeup.
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, World of Wonder co-founders and executive producers of "RuPaul’s Drag Race."Bailey nodded in agreement. “If you’re invisible, you don’t exist. And when Randy said visibility, this is what we can do to remain in the light and remain visible.”
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