From the stage to the screen, Sasha Velour has nearly done it all. The famed drag queen recently took a new step in her career by releasing her first book.
“People’s understandings of gender and of sexuality have changed so much over time, but it’s clear that if you just look at the facts of drag — dressing up, transforming gender, performing heightened versions of gender for entertainment — that’s been around since the moment people had gendered clothing,” said Velour. “They were breaking the rules.
“I felt like [the history and my stories] complimented each other well, because you can’t really tell the history without revealing your own personal experiences and your biases and how you came to discover the stories from the past. So I kind of felt like it was revealing the truth behind a historical account,” said Velour. “I think it’s essential to overshare, and I got used to doing that.
The release of “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag” comes at a critical time when the drag and LGBTQ+ communities have come under fire from conservatives. In New York City alone, there have been several protests against events such as Drag Story Hour, where drag artists read stories to children.
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