A drag queen sashaying to Lady Gaga’s 2011 hit Born This Way is nothing new, but when the performers are barely older than the song itself, that changes the equation
Courtesy of Hot Docsis nothing new, but when the performers are barely older than the song itself, that changes the equation. Last year, at Fierté Montréal, four preteens − three boys and one girl − took to the stage to a cheering crowd.
The documentary is about the children, but also the parents, who may not fully understand why their children want to perform drag but support them unrelentingly. Nemis’s mother patiently colours his hair to a brilliant fuchsia. Stephan’s parents curate comments on social media to protect him from cruelty on the internet. Jason’s father teaches him to catwalk, a rebuttal to the homophobic and racist family life his father knew from the Bible Belt.
Capes represented agency and power, even when they were just blankets. Sometimes, I was my favourite superhero, leaping high into the air or going invisible; that day, I was a pageant winner, twirling and waving to a fawning audience. My mother walked into the room, and I asked her to secure the cape to free my hands. I remember the conflicted look on her face, but she reluctantly agreed. As she pinned the blanket, she told me: “But just this once.
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