With anti-drag laws on the rise, drag queens reclaim it as form of protest.
six months prior, where the two had met, fallen in love and worked together.
"I saw Daniel on the corner of the bar, gave him a hug and a kiss," said Kent. "And I said, 'I'll meet you outside. We'll go smoke in a minute.' I said, 'I love you. I'll see you soon.'" His Potted Plant persona had absorbed the trauma, he said, and washing off the makeup in the shower that night and hiding that part of himself away offered a sliver of solace from all of the pain.It took him almost two months to get back on stage. His first performance back was at a nightclub in Kentucky, where legislators are now considering anti-drag restrictions that would make his art form illegal.
In the face of what has been seen as an attack on the LGBTQ+ community at Club Q, Kent said he has been taken back to the revolutionary, activist roots of drag. The Department of Homeland Security recently sounded the alarm, noting an increase in violent threats by domestic violence extremists and people who commit hate crimes against the LGBTQ community within the last year.The community has a target on its back in many ways, drag performers say, and with that comes the responsibility of being more visible, more vocal and more proud than ever before.
Confronting death is a part of the queer experience, Kent said, adding that it's embedded in the history of the community. She told ABC News she had walked out of Club Q just moments before the shooting, and says she believes that she might have brushed shoulders with the shooter as she walked out the door.
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