Vermont’s Democratic Governor Hopefuls Hang Out With Local Drag Queens
Five middle-aged white people want to be Vermont’s next Democratic pick for governor. So last night they met with some queers to discuss how much they agree on most things queer. (Republican candidate Brian Dubie was invited; he did not attend.)
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But the best part of Deborah Markowitz (pictured), Doug Racine, Susan Bartlet, Peter Shumlin, and Matt Dunne hanging out with the ‘mos?
They all had their pictures taken with the League of Drag Queen Voters, an organization that is exactly what it sounds like.
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@Andrew: As an “occasional Drag Queen” I don’t think I understand your comment.
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@Amber LeMay: My point is, Drag Queens are in no way encompassed in the LGB community if you take that acronym for what it means.
I guess a case could be made for including them if you add the T at the end, but I’m also against that. Not against transgendered people mind you, but it being lumped together with the not in any way similar LGB.
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Andrew, drag queens and transgendered persons have been at the vanguard of the LGBT movement since the 60s. They were there for stonewall, they were there for the first marches, they have raised money for aids and supported the dying. I’m not sure who you are to dismiss their contributions, but I can assume you haven’t been working for our rights for long if that is your attitude.
If you don’t want to be lumped together with them, I suggest you start your own movement, because from SF to NY to London to Shanghai, drag queens are an important part of the LGBT community many of us have called home for decades.
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@Dan: If you’re going to try and portray me as even remotely anti-T then you clearly didn’t read what I said. I support Transgender rights completely and I admit that we have worked together for a very long time, — but just because two groups work together and are connected socially DOES NOT trump science, and scientifically LGB and T are two COMPLETELY different subjects.
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@Andrew: Not sure if you know what a drag queen is, Andrew. I’m a gay man who has fun by dressing up as an outrageous character. I repeat, I’m a gay man. Not sure if you are or not – but if you are, I bet you’re not much fun at parties.
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@Amber LeMay: You can be a black man and be gay as well, but that doesn’t make being gay and black any more similar scientifically. Perhaps we should add another B since there are people who are gay and black as well? LGBB.
@Dan: Perhaps not for you, but for me I know that my comments were indeed that the acronym LGBT and making comparisons between LGB and T is not scientifically correct.
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@Dan: That’s a bit like asking me to provide you with studies that say blue and yellow aren’t the same. You’re the one with the burden of proof if you’re seriously trying to claim that LGB and T are the same things.
‘sexual orientation
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–noun
one’s natural preference in sexual partners; predilection for homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
gender identity
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a person’s inner sense of being male or female, usually developed during early childhood as a result of parental rearing practices and societal influences and strengthened during puberty by hormonal changes. ‘
But seriously, the fact that people on Queerty get so hissy about ones preference for how an acronym with dozens of variations should be spelled is idiocy.
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@Andrew: Again, I AM A GAY MAN. Drag is a hobby, a diversion, a choice. I’m only getting “hissy” because you are not accepting that there is a difference between drag and trans (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
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As much as I love an occasional Drag Queen, and completely support their rights, — I don’t think they are apart of the LGB community, that simply isn’t an issue we can win.