I’ve had this conversation a few times so this isn’t directed at any one person:
Them: So I have a confession. . .
Me: yes?
Them: So I regret my decision in voting for Trump (or I regret not voting for Hillary)
Me: okay. Why?
Them: Trump is an idiot (or moron)
Me: he was an idiot during the election
Them: Yeah, but his promises to fix the economy
Me: how can an idiot fix the economy?
Them: I just figured because he was a businessman. . .
Me: No. . .
Them: well I, just. . .
Me: Didn’t want to vote for Hillary, which was your choice an as American. But this wasn’t the time for a protest vote. This wasn’t a time for you to feel like an entitled millennial who wanted to try and vote for a third party. This wasn’t the time for you to pretend that your morality was more important then the literal rights of your fellow man. But apparently, it was the time for you to invest in an idiot, (or invest in a third party) and we are paying for it. He was an idiot now, and an idiot then. . .I’m glad you’ve come around but make sure you vote him out in the next election because your regret does nothing for our country.
Them: this is why I hate the two-party. . .
Me: and this wasn’t the time for you to take a stand against it.

by Coco Jem Holiday
​I used to have a stigma against singing in drag. I once met with Courtney Act who told me that if you can sing, then you should at least try. I really agree with this. We can't do something new unless we try. I know that sounds simple. 

I've been singing since I was a kid. It has always been one of my favorite things to do. Now I get to share it with my community. We will see folks on January 6th

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by Coco

What is drag? What does it mean to be a drag queen?

I think there is a very clear anatomical difference between Bio-queens, Trans-queens and drag queens. That is fact. Neither form is greater or lesser, they are just different. As entertainers, if we are entertaining, that is truly what matter. No, this is not simplistic, it's reality.
Drag, to me, is gender illusion/bending and gender driven performances. Yes, I do agree that the term drag is for the manipulation of ones own gender not the gender to which you're portraying.

What RuPaul said:
Rupaul made a comment that bio-queens already have a show. Sorry folks, fish bio-queens could win a beauty pageant if they choose to go that route, so the comment in itself was valid. Also, Rupaul can put whoever she wants on that show because her name is in the title.

Everyone needs to remember this VERY VERY important fact: In any movement, the loudest voices should be from the ones who are directly affected. For non-binary movements, non-binary people should be speaking the loudest. Cis-people have a place in the LGBT but they shouldn't be taking a front seat and leading the charge.

​Summary: All forms of drag is acceptable. Rupaul can do what she wants and when she wants, she has more then earned it, especially since she isn't hurting anybody and has been fighting the fight for a lot longer then the rest of us and doing it in the main stream. Lastly, I do not care how many of the unspoken "rules" of drag that you follow, unless you're entertaining I don't give a shit what you look like or what's on your face. A big costume does not guarantee a good performer. A pretty Facebook picture doesn't mean crap on stage. Serve it, and entertain.