By day, Trevor Ladner is your typical Mississippi high-schooler. But by night, he’s high-fashion drag queen Annie Thang.
Ladner was struggling to fit into typical concepts of masculinity and femininity, but drag opened up a new way of thinking about it… and dealing with it.
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The Sun Herald brings you his story in a fabulous video piece that’s just begging to be extended into a documentary or adapted into a TV show/movie of the week.
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And, oh yeah, did we mention he’s going to Harvard in the fall?
We know it’s the internet in 2016, but this one is definitely worth six minutes of your time. Check it out below…
Eldred
Fantastic video. Great kid.
Zekester
As a native Mississippian myself I’m curious as to where in Mississippi this kid is from. I didn’t even know that Mississippi had any gay and/or drag bars.
What a great story.
rmarin776
Wow. A really impressive level of maturity for anyone, but particularly for someone at his age. Interested to see where he goes next!
Ogre Magi
Good for him