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Celebrations: LGBTQI+ History Month

"We Fight On!!" a history of Drag with Nathan Zinn-Wirtz aka Solitaire Noell Beige

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Come join us for a speaking event with our very own Nathan Zinn-Wirtz aka Solitaire Noell Beige. The drag community for decades has quietly impacted the beauty industry by starting trends. Before YouTube, before Instagram, before “influencers,” drag performers were already using techniques like contouring! These were passed by word of mouth and older performers (Drag Mothers) who would take newcomers under their wings. Drag performers were also leaders in the LGBTQ+ Movement. They were - and still are - activists, leaders, resisters, advocates, and protesters speaking up for the LGBTQ+ community.

Dressing in drag (historically meant men in women’s clothes and women in men’s clothes) has occurred throughout history. Today, “dressing in drag” means more than one gender dressing as the other. Drag performers take the idea of gender and gender expression and use their creativity to create a persona to transform themselves. “Drag is the theatrical exaggeration of gender,” said Joe E. Jeffreys, a drag historian and adjunct instructor at New York University, who noted that the artform constantly subverts “what people think they know about gender.”

Drag performances are under attack. The entertainers are being targeted and criminalized. It is just another part of the LGBTQ+ community that is being threatened by ignorance, myths, and lies. In 2023, some U.S. states have attempted to impose legislative measures that would impact where and when drag can be performed.

 

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When

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  • Noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

Where

The Bluffs Ballroom Student Union

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Student Union

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Caleb Colon-Rivera at 608.785.5095 or ccolon-rivera@uwlax.edu.

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