As told to Thomas Stichbury Images Tanner Abel
My introduction to drag was watching the movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as a 12 year old. Then, in college, I started learning about the history. It was discovering that drag queens like Sylvia Rivera had been activists, or influential artists like Lypsinka who made me want to try it myself
IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME, I WOULD REVISIT THE STONEWALL UPRISING TO GET SOME PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF IT