“I think we were actually able to connect with our drag queens in a closer way. “It was definitely a different experience, but I think we really met the challenge well,” she says. That reality is something that’s immediately apparent in the first episode of the season which was initially shut down in the middle of filming back in March 2020. One particularly tricky aspect of this season’s production was that it was, like many others, filmed during a global pandemic. They know what the show is.” Photograph: Courtesy Jake Giles Netter “Also, the people whose stories we’re telling just trust us a lot more because they’ve already seen the first season.
“We still have the same purpose but we really got in the groove this season,” Bob the Drag Queen told Time Out on a recent call. Teaming up with fellow Drag Race alums Shangela and Eureka O’Hara, she’ll be helping fledgling performers in small towns as they get ready to put on a glitzy one-night-only drag performance. This week, the long-time NYC performer is back with season two of her hit reality show We’re Here on HBO Max. This story and headline have been updated for additional developments.Many people first become acquainted with the hilarious Bob The Drag Queen when she took home the top prize on the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but New Yorkers have long been entertained by her quick wit and show-stopping looks at bars and clubs right here in the five boroughs. “What a ridiculous, ridiculous question that is, conflating something like that to sexualized entertainment in front of children, which is a very serious subject,” Lee said, according to CNN affiliate WZTV.Ī spokesperson for Lee further elaborated to The Daily Beast, saying, “The bill specifically protects children from obscene, sexualized entertainment, and any attempt to conflate this serious issue with lighthearted school traditions is dishonest and disrespectful to Tennessee families.” It simply puts age restrictions in place to ensure that children are not present at sexually explicit performances,” Johnson said.Īhead of the bill’s signing, Lee faced accusations of hypocrisy after an unidentified Reddit user posted a photo from a 1977 high school yearbook, which purports to show the future governor dressed in women’s clothing and a wig alongside female students dressed in men’s suits.ĬNN has been unable to verify the authenticity of the photo.Īt a news conference on Monday, the GOP governor ignored a question about whether he had once dressed in drag but rejected any comparisons between the purported image and the drag show legislation. “For clarification, this bill is not targeting any group of people. Republicans across the country push legislation to restrict drag show performances Sergio Flores for The Washington Post/Getty Images Jack Johnson, who sponsored the Tennessee legislation, told CNN on Thursday that the bill was not meant to target drag performances or transgender people.ĭrag queens Felicia Enspire, Alexandria Van Cartier and Sedonya Face sit on a float at a Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec 3 in Taylor, TX. Republicans say the performances expose children to sexual themes and imagery that are inappropriate, a claim rejected by advocates, who say the proposed measures are discriminatory against the LGBTQ community and could violate First Amendment laws.Īs transgender issues and drag culture are increasingly becoming more mainstream, such shows – which often feature men dressing as women in exaggerated makeup while singing or entertaining a crowd, though some shows feature bawdier content – have occasionally been the target of attacks, and LGBTQ advocates say the bills under consideration add to a heightened state of alarm for the community. The Tennessee measure is the first of nearly a dozen such bills presently working their way through GOP-led state legislatures. The law will go into effect on July 1, 2023. Republicans hold supermajorities in both the state House and Senate. The bill, which the Tennessee House passed last week, defines an adult cabaret performance as a performance “that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest, or similar entertainers.” The state Senate passed the bill earlier Thursday along party lines to limit “adult cabaret performances” on public property so as to shield them from the view of children, threatening violators with a misdemeanor and repeat offenders with a felony. Bill Lee signed a bill into law Thursday afternoon that will restrict public drag show performances in Tennessee, making his state the first to do so this year.
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