Everyone is welcome in drag. Everyone is important and valuable.
Sasha VelourRead
I hope we see more avenues for representation. More TV shows and films starring queer people, especially QPOC and nonbinary folks, more mainstream press coverage of our artwork and fashion, and more representation of our interests within politics.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the need for greater visibility and representation of queer individuals, particularly queer people of color and nonbinary individuals, in various societal sectors.
Sasha Velour's quote advocates for increased representation of queer and nonbinary individuals in media, politics, and culture. It highlights the importance of diversity in storytelling, art, and public life, which facilitates broader acceptance and understanding of different identities. Velour calls for the visibility of queer voices and perspectives, particularly emphasizing the need for intersectionality within those representations.
Themes
RepresentationQueerDiversityMediaPoliticsVisibility
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used during discussions about inclusivity in film and TV panels.
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Drag is literally so ancient that it predates modern understanding of gender, of transness, of queerness. Drag predates modern ideas of gender, of theater at all. Drag predates the word 'drag' itself.
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Drag, at its core, is about honoring yourself and your own unique way of being a gendered, queer person. Your own unique way of using fashion to express yourself.
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There are no limits to what kind of bodies, which types of people, which genders, or what races can do amazing drag, and I think the audience is clamoring fighting with each other more and more to see drag represented as fully as it possibly can be.
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Drag has always inspired people to come together to be joyous and fight for what matters. If we can do it through beauty and positivity and lip-syncing our favorite pop songs, then let's do it.
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